Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 271
In Taiyuan, Shanxi, a massive army surrounded the famous city.Li Taiping thwarted the Tartars' siege several times, but soon after, the Tartars, who were replenished with troops, made a comeback.Every time the Tartars were defeated, the vitality of the Fourth Battalion was seriously injured.

Li Taiping already knew about the Tartars abandoning Jiangnan and withdrawing troops from Jiangnan.Li Taiping learned about this matter from Sun Zhi.Facing the strength of the Tartars, the first battalion, second battalion and fourth battalion in Jiangbei can only hug each other, cling to each other, and share information with each other.

In order to wipe out the fourth battalion occupying Shanxi, the Tartars continuously transferred new troops from outside the pass.Because the climate in Shanxi was not much different from that outside the customs, it was not as rainy and humid as in the south of the Yangtze River, so the loss of combat power of these people was not serious, which made Li Taiping even more stressed.

In fact, it would be better for Li Taiping to jump out of Shanxi and go to Shaanxi and Gansu, but like Sun Zhi, he was reluctant to give up after having his own territory.Especially Taiyuan, a famous city, was once an imperial city. Li Taiping always wanted to build Taiyuan into the foundation of his hegemony.Especially Mei Renxin's prophecy that "King Chuang has gone to peace in the world" made Li Taiping even more erratic, and really thought that he was the successor of King Chuang.

But the reality taught him cruelly that it is not easy to gain a foothold in Shanxi.After Jiang Yu was wiped out, the Tartar Azig besieged Jinzhong with heavy troops, and Taiyuan fell into heavy siege.The surrounding villages were constantly being raided by the Tartars, and the fourth battalion of peasant associations and guards was vulnerable to the elite soldiers of the Tartars.Even under the inducement of some landlords returning to their hometowns, some people turned back.Fortunately, the Tartars did not dare to disperse their forces all the time, otherwise they would be defeated by Li Taiping one by one. Therefore, when these elite forces of the Tartars retreated, these villages would often fall into the hands of the Fourth Battalion. If they escape in time, they will face the brutal suppression of the Fourth Battalion.After going back and forth several times like this, the villages around Taiyuan gradually became dilapidated. The villagers were either killed or fled, and the fertile land would be turned into a piece of white land.

Such a situation is extremely harmful to both the Fourth Battalion and the Tartars. While the Tartars were unable to supply supplies on the spot, the Fourth Battalion also lost its fundamental strength.Fortunately, there are plenty of food and materials in Taiyuan City. As long as the soldiers and people in the city are united, Taiyuan City will not be defeated for a while.With Taiyuan City as a barrier, the Tartars did not dare to divide too many troops to the south of Shanxi.In this way, the Tartars, who were short of troops, could only continue to spend with the fourth battalion.

The long battle continued, and countless lives were sacrificed in the offensive and defensive battles.Every day, raging fires lick the last imprints left by those who died in battle on this world. When their bodies turn to ashes, their last imprints are also erased, and they are completely wiped out.

But Taiyuan is still persisting, Li Taiping is still persisting, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Fourth Battalion are still persisting.

It's just that it's different now. The Tartars mobilized their troops back to Jiangbei, and Azig, who has enough troops, can attack everywhere.While besieging Taiyuan heavily, troops were divided to attack Fenzhou, Liaozhou, Qinzhou and other state capitals. When the rest of Jinzhong and southern Shanxi fell, Taiyuan City could not hold on for long.This is a dead end, and there is only one dead end in Taiyuan.

"Battalion Commander, Taiyuan is not a place to stay for a long time, it's better to evacuate the comrades." Mei Renxin persuaded Li Taiping earnestly.Mei Renxin has said this sentence many times, but Li Taiping is still hesitating, he is really reluctant to part with his status and territory today.With Taiyuan, I am still the leader of the anti-Tartar forces in Shanshan, but without Taiyuan, I am not much better than Ren Liang, Wang Jinying, Guo Yan and others, let alone Wang Yong.

Boom, boom, the war drums of the Tartars started beating again, and bursts of shouts sounded, but the voice was full of exhaustion.

Standing at the top of the city, Li Taiping looked around at the soldiers under his command, and saw that they were all sluggish, as if they were tired of the war, and they were still resisting just to save their lives.The Tartars were down, and the Fourth Battalion was not much better, both sides were tired.The long war has turned every passionate soldier into a veteran.In these hundreds of battles, if he had been passionate every time and rushed forward every time, he would have died a long time ago, and those who survived were those who knew how to protect themselves.

This time the battle was the same as in the past, the Tartars beat the drums, thousands of troops rushed up copiously, and then left in a hurry after killing more than a hundred corpses, dozens of people on the top of the city were also bombarded casualties.When the Tartars were repelled, the soldiers on the top of the city were no longer ecstatic as before, but calmly watched the opponents leave, because they knew that they would come again tomorrow.

The exhaustion of the war enveloped everyone, and the normal marriage behavior of the residents in the city gradually subsided. It seemed that everyone felt hopeless.Coupled with the coordinated distribution of wartime supplies, not many people can support the costly and laborious act of marrying.

When the battle ended in a hurry, Mei Renxin continued to persuade.Mei Renxin's voice was sharp and indignant, and his saliva was constantly splashing out.

"Battalion Commander, look, look. How exhausted and desperate are the soldiers of my fourth battalion now! They can't see hope now, and they just wait silently counting down the days until they are still alive!"

It's just that Li Taiping remained silent. He understood why so many heroes and heroes in history chose to commit suicide instead of fleeing when their doomsday came.Maybe they were immersed in their glory and couldn't extricate themselves, maybe they wanted to keep their power until the last moment of their lives, maybe they didn't have the perseverance and perseverance to start again, so they committed suicide.At this moment, Li Taiping also had a terrifying thought in his heart. When Taiyuan City was captured by the Tartars, and he killed himself on his own independent city, will the history books also sing it?
Fortunately, Li Taiping's body trembled, and cold sweat broke out, and he quickly suppressed the thought of not surrendering.The sky is big and the earth is big, and the situation in Shanxi is not guaranteed. I can still go to northern Shaanxi, which is the territory of my allies.Even if he retreated [-] steps and led the army back to the headquarters by himself, the power of being the only one can no longer be kept, but the guy who eats can still be kept.

After finding a way out, Li Taiping breathed a sigh of relief, he said to Mei Renxin.

"Don't mention the retreat in the future, so as not to disturb the morale of the army. The commander of this battalion will live and die with Taiyuan together with tens of thousands of soldiers in the whole battalion!"

It's just that Li Taiping said these words impassionedly, but he didn't mean what he said.He also wanted to persevere until the day when the battle situation changed.Although Li Taiping knew in his heart that the head of the regiment would not go to the Northern Expedition for a few years, but as long as Taiyuan was not lost for a day, Li Taiping would not give up that glimmer of hope in his heart.Of course, if Taiyuan was really captured by the Tartars, he would still escape.Today, the lives of more than [-] soldiers and civilians in the city have become a bargaining chip for him to realize his ambitions.

(End of this chapter)