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The bad news of Guangning's defeat spread far faster than the fleeing rebels. Like a life-threatening cold talisman, it spread first to Guangning's central garrison outside Shanhaiguan.

At this time, Xiong Tingbi, who was in charge of Liaodong, was stationing troops here.When Tan Ma fell to his knees and reported the defeat that "Guangning has been lost and Wang Huazhen is missing," his half-life battlefield experience suddenly turned upside down, and a suffocating dizziness swept through his body.He held on to Shuai An with all his strength, his knuckles so tight that they turned white.Guangning City, with hundreds of thousands of Ming troops relying on it, was the lifeline of Liaodong and the last barrier outside the pass. How could it collapse overnight?Could it be that the Liaodong elite that Ming Dynasty had managed for many years were all gone in one fell swoop?

There was no room for him to dwell on his grief, as the overall situation was critical and there was no need to delay.Xiong Tingbi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and shouted sternly: "Order the troops immediately! Ben Jinglue personally led five thousand sharp soldiers to rush to the Daling River Bridge to meet the defeated troops! We must not allow the Hou Jin cavalry to take advantage of the chaos to cover up the killing, and we must escort all the remaining troops and civilians to evacuate into Shanhaiguan!"

The early morning wind is biting and the chill is biting.Xiong Tingbi led five thousand troops and galloped north against the chaotic tide, wind and snow.But what they were waiting for was not an orderly retreat of broken soldiers, but the remnants of a group of embarrassed troops staggering towards them on camels.

The leader, with unkempt hair and dirty face, and a scarlet robe stained with dirt and blood, was none other than Wang Huazhen, the governor of Liaodong.

As soon as he saw Xiong Tingbi, he immediately rolled off his hunchback, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly: "Master Jinglue! I regret that I didn't listen to the public, which led to today's tragic defeat! Guangning was lost, I have no face to face the king, and I have no face to face the people of Liaodong!"

Looking at Wang Huazhen, who was kneeling on the ground crying and in a state of embarrassment, Xiong Tingbi was filled with grief and anger that turned into overwhelming anger.He turned over and dismounted, walked slowly in front of him, stared down at him with cold eyes, and said in a chilling tone: "You threatened that with 60,000 people, you could wipe out Liaodong in one fell swoop, so what now?"

The words were like thunder, making Wang Huazhen freeze and tremble all over.

Xiong Tingbi's anger that had been pent up for a long time burst out, and he sternly rebuked: "You used to be arrogant, boasting that Sun Degong and Zu Dashou were both unparalleled warriors, and that 60,000 elite soldiers could march directly to Liaoyang! Where are the warriors now? Where are the elites? Where are the more than 100,000 troops in Guangning buried? You talk about consolidating defenses with war, but you are ruining the entire army and handing over thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in Liaodong to others!"

The sound of angry rebuke resounded through the wilderness, and all the frustrations of being constrained by the court, restricted by side affairs, and despised by the governor for the past few days poured out at this moment.

Wang Huazhen was lying on the ground, trembling, speechless, and could only keep kowtowing.After Xiong Tingbi's anger subsided, he raised his head in fear and asked with a trembling voice with a hint of vague hope: "The strategy... Guangning has been lost, can we retreat to Ningyuan? The walls of Ningyuan are strong, and we may still be able to hold on and wait for reinforcements..."

When Xiong Tingbi heard this, he could only sneer.

After all, Wang Huazhen is a scholar who talks about military affairs on paper, and has no understanding of the border war situation.The defeat of Guangning broke the hearts of the Ming army, their morale collapsed, and people outside the pass were panicked. Let alone defending Ningyuan, being able to protect Shanhaiguan was a blessing from our ancestors and a blessing to our country.

He was too lazy to argue with the defeated general anymore. He shook his head in disgust, got on his horse, and issued a cold and decisive order with the Liaodong Military Order: "Instruct the three garrison guards at the front, middle and back of Guangning, and the garrison guards along the way, to retreat to Shanhaiguan! Take all the food, grass and baggage you can carry with you. Houses, warehouses, ordnance, anything that cannot be taken away will be burned! The walls are clear and the fields are clear, and no grain or grain of gold is left behind!"

At this time, the entire land of Liaodong was full of soldiers fleeing and people displaced. Only one Xiping Fort was still fighting alone and struggling to support itself.

General Luo Guangyi, who was inside the fort, was always covered in blood and his armor was in pieces.Of the three thousand soldiers under his command, after Hou Jin's successive attacks, fewer than a thousand were still able to fight to the death with weapons.

After Nurhaci defeated the main force of the Ming army in Pingyangqiao, he did not stop.He left his troops to clean up the battlefield, and personally led the elite troops of the two yellow and two blue flags, heading straight to Guangning like a black cloud over the border; at the same time, he strictly ordered Sibeile Huang Taiji to remove Xiping Fort, the last nail in Liaodong.

Huang Taiji immediately rode down to the city, looking at this isolated and helpless city that refused to surrender, secretly admiring the character of the defenders.Immediately waving his hand, the surrendering general Li Yongfang rode out of the battle and went to the city to persuade him to surrender:

"General Luo, a certain Li Yongfang is here! Now that Guangning has been destroyed, there is only an isolated city of Xiping in the whole of Liaodong. Dajin has always respected loyal and brave soldiers, and good birds choose trees to roost. General, why don't you open the city and surrender, share the glory, and save the lives of the soldiers under your command!"

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