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Xinping Fort is a border fort built in the specifications of the Ming Dynasty, which is very different from the pier fort built on the grassland with the tiger flag.

Because the tiger flag firearm is used a lot, there are shot holes on the side wall of the pier, and there are special muskets and cannons behind them to defend against the enemy.

"It's not your fault, I, the staff officer, did not consider it." Cheng Ping took the initiative to take responsibility.

Pan Yi waved his hand gently and said, "You have the responsibility, and I have the responsibility. On the guard of the city, you and I have adapted to the Mongols' siege, but forgot that the Ming army was the best at siege."

"That's right." Cheng Ping nodded in agreement, and then said, "Fortunately, he woke up in time and had the opportunity to make up for the loopholes. He would not wait until he suffered a big loss before he could realize it."

Pan Yi nodded and then said, "The Ming army has withdrew. It seems that they will not come to attack the city again today. You will arrange the baggage troops of our battalion to find ways to open some perforation holes on the city wall. Even if the cannon cannot be placed, the musketeers must be able to use it normally."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Cheng Ping agreed, and then said, "Don't forget to send people to clean the battlefield. When the official army retreated, they dropped several cannons. Remember to pull the cannons into the city."

Pan Yi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will never forget it. I will arrange a team of thousands of people to go out of the city to clean the battlefield."

Cheng Ping left to work on the city wall to open a hole.

The wounded soldiers guarding the city on the city wall were all taken down to the city wall and sent to the military medical officer for treatment. More than a dozen soldiers were shot to death by the official archers, and they were also carried down the city wall by the baggage soldiers on stretchers for placement.

The gates of Xinping Castle were opened.

A team of cavalry jumped out of the city gate and went to the battlefield to guard the battlefield.

Behind these cavalry, a team of soldiers with full armor left the city one by one from the city gate and scattered on the battlefield in the size of a team to clean up.

The bodies left behind by the official army after retreating were found one by one, carried to the open space, and finally burned.

After all, if the corpse is left for too long, it is easy to cause plague. The first one who is unlucky is the people in Xinpingbao City.

"Come out, hurry up, if I don't come out, I'll fire the gun." A soldier who was cleaning the battlefield nervously held the musket in his hand, and the bayonet on the top pointed at a corpse on the ground.

With his shouts, several soldiers around him came over and took bayonets with him to prepare for defense.

Among the several corpses on the ground, the corpse facing upwards slowly squirmed.

This caused several soldiers next to them to scatter and surround the wriggling corpse, and the muskets in their hands were tighter.

"Don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender." As soon as the words fell, a man with bloodstained face stood up from the middle of the corpse, looking at the soldiers holding muskets around him with a nervous look on his face.

"Squat down and hold your head with both hands."

A soldier took a step forward and swung the musket of the handgun, causing the bayonet to sway in front of the opponent's eyes.

"I squat down, I squat down, I squat down now." As he said that, the man pretending to be dead squatted on the ground with his head in his arms.

A squad leader of the warrior who discovered the situation here ran over from a distance.

When he got closer, he said, "What's going on?"

"Report to the captain, and when cleaning up the dead bodies, he caught a prisoner." The first soldier to discover the prisoner said.

The team leader walked forward two steps, looked at the prisoners squatting on the ground, and asked, "What are you called? What do you do in the Ming army?"

"My name is Niu Er, I am a gunner in the Firearms Battalion. This gun was pushed by me." Niu Er pointed to the general's gun next to him.

At this time, a soldier next to him said, "I remember that the Ming army broke their own ladder with one shot. It's not this guy!"

The Ming army's cannon broke the scene of the ladder that his people attacked the city, and some soldiers guarding the city on the top of the city were also noticed by some soldiers guarding the city, and the soldier who spoke was the one who saw this scene.

"It's me, it's me, it's the cannon I fired with my own hands." Niu Er said excitedly, and his two index fingers on his left and right hands kept pointing at him.

"Ha ha!"

Several soldiers around him laughed when they heard this.

Ahem.

"Okay, okay, what's so funny? Isn't it just a firing shot and hitting it wrong? There's nothing new about it, don't laugh anymore." The team leader waved his hand to stop others from laughing at Niu Er, but the corner of his mouth was filled with the afterglow after laughing.

Niu Er squatted on the ground with an awkward look on his face.

He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that these people were laughing at him, but he didn't care, but was glad that the shot hit him.

"Okay, take him away first and take him into custody with the other prisoners." The captain explained.

In addition to Niu Er, other officials and horses were captured on the battlefield.

The first soldier who discovered Niu Er took Niu Er to the other prisoners.

Just in a clearing ground outside the Xinpingbao city gate, four or five prisoners were sent here, and soldiers with the tiger flag next to them were left to see them to arrest them.

In addition to uninjured prisoners like Niu Er, there were more wounded officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

For these injured official troops, the tiger flag soldiers who cleaned the battlefield did not leave it alone. For some of the injuries that were not too serious, they were arranged to take them away together. For those who were seriously injured and obviously unrescued, they stepped forward to make up for a knife, which was considered to end the other party's pain.

"You guys, come with me." A soldier came to Niu Er's prisoner.

Although there were no injuries on prisoners like Niu Er, no one thought of running away. Not to mention that there were many soldiers with the tiger flag around him patrolling him. Even if he escaped, he would be sent to attack Xinpingbao later. No one would guarantee that he would be as lucky as he is today and survive.

Niu Er and the captured prisoners like him followed the soldiers with the tiger flag and walked in the opposite direction from Xinpingbao.

"What do you think they are looking for us? You can't just take us far away and kill us!" After the prisoner said this, his face suddenly changed.

The other prisoners around him also looked ugly.

As prisoners, what they fear most is to kill prisoners. If a person with the tiger flag really wants to kill prisoners, no one of them can survive.

Niu Er, who was walking among the prisoners, whispered: "It shouldn't be possible to kill us. Now that the tiger flag is rebelling, it must require manpower. Although we have no ability, we are much better than the people who dig food in the fields."

"Yes, yes, yes, that's right." Some of the captives nodded and agreed.

Although they don’t know whether what Niu Er said is true or false, they are willing to think about the benefits. If they can live, no one is willing to die.

The soldiers who were escorting the prisoners' captives heard the prisoners' private words and their faces sank, saying, "Shut up your mouth, go quickly, don't drag it behind you."
Chapter completed!