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Xinping Fort is a side fort built according to the specifications of the Ming Dynasty. It is very different from the pier fort built on the grassland by the Tiger Character Banner.
Because the tiger-character flag firearms were used a lot, perforations were opened on the side walls of the pier, and firecrackers and cannons were specially used in the back to defend against enemies.
"I don't blame you, it's me, the staff officer, who didn't take it into consideration." Cheng Ping took the initiative to take responsibility.
Pan Yi waved his hand gently and said: "You have a responsibility, and so do I. When it comes to defending the city, you and I have adapted to the Mongolian siege methods, but we have forgotten that the Ming army is best at siege."
"You're absolutely right." Cheng Ping nodded in agreement and said immediately, "Fortunately, I woke up in time and had the opportunity to make up for the loopholes. I didn't realize it until I suffered a big loss."
Pan Yi nodded and then said: "The Ming army has retreated. It seems that they will not attack the city again today. Later you will arrange for our battalion's heavy troops to find a way to drill some perforations in the city wall. Even if the cannon cannot be placed, Let the gunman use it normally."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Cheng Ping agreed, and then said, "Don't forget to send people to clean the battlefield. The officers and soldiers left several cannons behind when they retreated. Remember to bring the cannons to the city. "
Pan Yi said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't forget it. I will arrange for a thousand-man team to go out of the city to clean the battlefield soon."
Cheng Ping left to work on drilling holes in the city wall.
All the wounded who were defending the city on the city wall were taken down the city wall and sent to military medical officers for treatment. A dozen soldiers were shot to death by the army's archers and were carried to the city wall on stretchers by the baggage soldiers for placement.
The city gate of Xinpingbao was opened.
A group of cavalry jumped out from the city gate and went to guard the surroundings of the battlefield.
Behind these cavalry, another group of well-armed soldiers left the city one after another from the city gate and dispersed to the battlefield in small teams to clean up.
The corpses abandoned by the officers and soldiers after they retreated were dug out one by one, carried to the open space, and finally burned together.
After all, corpses left for too long can easily cause plague, and the first to suffer are the people in Xinpingbao City.
"Come out, hurry up, or I will fire the gun if you don't come out." A soldier cleaning the battlefield nervously held the gun in his hand, pointing the bayonet at a corpse on the ground.
Following his shout, several soldiers around him came over, holding bayonets on guard with him.
Among the several corpses on the ground, the corpse with its back facing upward slowly squirmed.
This caused the soldiers nearby to scatter and gather around the squirming corpse, and they held the fireguns in their hands tighter.
"Don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender." After the words fell, a man with bloodstained face stood up from among the corpses, looking nervously at the soldiers holding fire guns around him.
"Squat down and put your head in your hands."
A soldier stepped forward and swung the musket, causing the bayonet on it to sway in front of the opponent's eyes.
"I'm squatting, I'm squatting, I'm squatting now." As he said that, the man pretending to be dead squatted on the ground holding his head.
A soldier squad leader who discovered what was going on here ran over from a distance.
When he got closer, he said, "What's going on?"
"Report to the captain, while cleaning up the dead bodies, a prisoner was captured." The first soldier to find the prisoner said.
The team leader took two steps forward, looked at the prisoner squatting on the ground, and asked: "What is your name? What do you do in the Ming army?"
"My name is Niu Er, and I am a gunner in the firearms camp. I was the one who pushed this cannon over." Niu Er pointed to the general cannon next to him.
At this time, I heard a soldier on the side say: "I remember that the Ming army interrupted one of their own people's ladder with a cannon. It couldn't be this guy!"
The scene of the Ming army's artillery interrupting the ladder used by their own people to attack the city was also noticed by some soldiers guarding the city on top of the city, and the soldier who spoke was the one who saw this scene.
"It's me, it's me, I fired the cannon myself." Niu Er said excitedly, pointing at himself with the two index fingers of his left and right hands.
"Ha ha!"
Several soldiers surrounding him laughed when they heard this.
Ahem.
"Okay, okay, what's so funny? It's just that the cannon went wrong. There's nothing new about that. Don't laugh." The team leader waved his hand to stop others from laughing at Niu Er, but he had a smile on his lips. The aftertaste.
Niu Er squatted on the ground with an embarrassed look.
He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that these people were laughing at him, but he didn't care. Instead, he was glad that the shot hit one of his own.
"Okay, let's take him away first and keep him with the other prisoners." The team leader explained.
In addition to Niu Er, other officers and soldiers were captured on the battlefield.
The soldier who first discovered Niu Er took Niu Er to the other prisoners.
In an open space outside the gate of Xinpingbao City, four or five prisoners have been sent here, and soldiers with tiger flags next to them stayed to guard these people.
In addition to uninjured prisoners like Niu Er, there were more injured officers and soldiers on the battlefield.
For these injured officers and soldiers, the soldiers of the Tiger Flag who cleaned the battlefield did not leave it alone. For some of the injured officers and soldiers who were not too serious, they arranged to take them away together. For those officers and soldiers whose injuries were serious and obvious that they could not be saved, Step forward and strike with a knife to end the opponent's pain.
"You guys, all follow me." A soldier came to take Niu's second-class prisoner away.
Although there were no injuries on prisoners like Niu Er, no one thought about running away. Not to mention that there were still many Tiger Flag soldiers patrolling around. Even if they escaped, they would be sent to attack Xinping Fort later. There is no guarantee that anyone will be as lucky as today and survive.
Niu Er and the prisoners who were captured like him followed the soldiers of the Tiger Flag and walked in the opposite direction to Xinping Fort.
"What do you think they are looking for us for? They don't want to take us away and kill us!" After the prisoner who spoke said this, his expression suddenly changed.
The faces of the other prisoners around him also became ugly.
As prisoners, what they fear most is to kill the prisoners. If the people of the Tiger Character Banner really want to kill the prisoners, none of them will survive.
Niu Er, who was walking among the prisoners, said in a low voice: "They probably won't kill us. Now that the Tiger Character Banner is rebelling, they will definitely need manpower. Although we don't have much ability, we are much better than those people who are digging in the fields for food."
"Yes, yes, yes, that's right." Some of the prisoners nodded in agreement.
Although they didn't know whether what Niu Er said was true or not, they were willing to think on the bright side. No one wanted to die if they could live.
When the soldiers escorting the prisoners heard the private words of the prisoners, their faces sank and they said, "Shut your mouths and leave quickly. Don't delay behind."
As he spoke, he hit the prisoner who spoke the most with the end of the firegun in his hand.
