The cave in the city gate was filled with smoke and flames, and the guns of the muskets came out of the muzzles of the guns under the impact of the explosion of gunpowder behind the chambers of the muskets.Pieces of bullets with whistles flew towards the commando soldiers of the Northwest Army who came with their chests up.The soldiers fell in rows, but no one flinched, and they continued to shoot past the fallen bodies of their comrades.Deputy Army Commander Feng Qishan also fell in a pool of blood.This Northwest man, from a long-term worker who carried long-term work for the landlord, was inspired by Wang Shuo's concept of equality for everyone, and gradually grew from a village chief to a senior general of the Northwest Army, and finally died in the old city of Hetuala, truly fulfilling his oath to fight for equality and freedom for the people of the world.And the elite of the Northwest Army, including every soldier, are like Feng Qishan, fighting for the land of China and for the equality and freedom of the Chinese nation.They opened the west gate of the old city of Hetuala, and outside the city, the sun was shining, and the brigade of the Northwest Army was coming.After the army quickly passed through the city gate, passed the warriors who were defending the city gate, and killed the retreating Qing army in the distance, the Military Decision-making Committee of the Northwest Government awarded Feng Qishan the title and medal of the first-class people's hero.Six hundred commandos were awarded the Order of the People's Warriors of the First Class and a monument was erected in Hetuara to permanently commemorate these fallen warriors.Feng Qishan and his comrades-in-arms who died in this battle, with their great ideals, are forever buried here.The entire old city of Hetuara was cleared, and the Northwest Army was basically not used.The slaves who had been persecuted by the Manchus, and the mountain people who had been oppressed by the Manchurian aristocracy for a long time, were full of resentment and anger and fought into the city with the army.Under the care of the Northwest Army, they have been fed, drunk, clothed, and warm, driven away the cold on their bodies, and their strength has doubled.Looking at the chaos and massacre all over the city, Li Dingguo still wanted to stop it.The army commander Niu Fangliang, who lost his comrades and partners, resisted Li Dingguo's orders for the first time.The people living in this city are all Manchurian nobles, they have the blood of our Han people on their hands, and they should all be killed, the most important thing is that the Manchu reinforcements are coming, keep these scourges, what should they do when we defend the city, and finally this reason moved Li Dingguo, he asked the guards to go out, organize those slaves, do not kill children and women, and do not harm women like the Manchus.He didn't bother to care about the rest.He had to organize the defense of the city walls against the approaching Manchu cavalry.At the same time, he ordered Niu Fangliang to send 5,000 troops out of the city, advance westward, choose favorable terrain, and first ambush the Manchu cavalry to consume their combat effectiveness.Niu Fangliang personally took 5,000 soldiers out of the city, his good comrades-in-arms and good partners died in the hands of the Manchus, he wanted to kill a few more Qing soldiers, revenge Feng Qishan and the dead soldiers, Li Dingguo in the city arranged troops to defend the city, and at the same time sent people to count the food, ammunition and baggage left by the Manchurians.It seems that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already considered the possibility of failure in Liaodong, and not to mention the incomparably strong old city of Hetuala, and countless grain baggage were also stored, and they were dug holes for storage, for fear of repeating the tragedy of Jierharang in Beijing.Niu Fangliang, who went out of the city, also sent news that on both sides of the road leading to the direction of Salhu, the Qing army took advantage of the dangerous passes along the way to build many military fortresses, but the defensive strength of this fortress was limited, and more than a dozen local people were basically guarding it.Niu Fangliang ordered the reconnaissance brigade to disguise themselves as Qing troops, deceive the fortress checkpoints along the way, and have already occupied most of the passes from Hetuara to Salhu.The defensive direction of these passes is all in the direction of Shenyang, and it does not work on Hetuala's side.When Li Dingguo heard the report of the communications corps, he laughed silently.Before the rear was attacked, the Manchus were unwilling to waste their troops in the front, and even recruited the people to guard the places that were not needed for the time being.It seems that the Manchu forces are really limited, and under our powerful attack, defeat is inevitable.This time, the construction of these fortresses was cheaper for Li Dingguo.Originally, he was also worried that he would send troops to block the Qing army layer by layer, and that he would suffer too much damage, and he would not be able to hold out until the arrival of a large army of the Northwest Army in the spring of next year.Now, with these fortresses, he can completely block layer by layer.This time, the Manchus made themselves miserable.Unfortunately, the Manchus did not expect that they would fail quickly, and although they built a fortress, they were not equipped with fortress guns and grain and grass, and he had to transport grain himself.The food was easy to manage, and the Manchu Qing had enough food to eat in the old city of Hetuara for ten years.The key is the artillery used to defend the fortress.Their own artillery is still on the road and cannot be delivered in time.It was heavy, after all, and couldn't match the speed of his infantry.The muskets and flowering bullets of his troops, plus the passes with dangerous terrain, are estimated to be enough for the Manchu Qing to drink a pot.He immediately changed his plan, leaving 5,000 Northwest Army and some of the people and slaves who followed him to defend the city, while he himself led 10,000 troops and most of the strong people out of the city, brought enough food, and went to chase Niu Fangliang.He wanted to use these fortresses to block the Qing army layer by layer.Every pass must be guarded until the lives of other soldiers can no longer be well protected, and then give up and retreat to the next pass.There should be absolutely no problems with such layers of resistance until the beginning of spring next year.Niu Fangliang was taken aback when he learned that Li Dingguo had brought a large army.After all, this is the hometown of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and we are not familiar with these passes and roads, but the Manchus are familiar with them.You bring out the big troops, in case the Manchus take advantage of the path we don't know and go around behind us, we will be in danger Li Dingguo laughed.You forget, we have a hot air balloon, and in the future, I will make the hot air balloon troops take turns to take up and reconnoitre, and I don't believe it, I don't know if his Manchu troops are going down there.As soon as he tries to make a detour to attack our rear, the hot air balloon will definitely be able to spot, and I will definitely know where they are.At the same time, I sent non-commissioned officers to garrison all the key passes that the hot air balloon detected could bypass our defense, and immediately fired a warning when I found the enemy's situation.The path was already difficult, and when he got there, it was difficult to attack, and it was not easy to escape.Once surrounded in those places, there is no doubt that I am not afraid that he will attack on a small road, but I am afraid that he will not be able to think of this idea Niu Fangliang heard it, yes, this General Li Dingguo, if you want to talk about the ability to make bad, I am afraid that it is no worse than their general.I really underestimated him, no wonder the general appreciated him so much, it turned out that he was much worse than us, and he couldn't accept it
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