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Chapter 96: Jianlu captures Zhenbeiguan (please subscribe with a monthly ticket)
Hearing that the Jianlu were out in full force, Li Xianzhong immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

It seems that I was too impulsive this time. I originally thought that Jianlu's attack on Ye He was to set a trap for me and to encircle him for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, Nurhaci actually targeted Kaiyuan Road.

Historically, Houjin did not complete its rest until June. Unexpectedly, they actually made a full month ahead of schedule despite such heavy losses.

Today's situation is completely different. As a time traveler, my "God's perspective" sometimes not only fails to help me, but can easily lead to misjudgments.

This raid on Horqin was definitely an unprecedented bumper harvest, but it could not make up for the losses caused by the raids by Jianlu on the original route.

Li Xianzhong, who is good at sneak attacks on other people's lairs, finally tasted the bitter consequences of his own lair being raided this time.

Wanli decreed a marriage, which made his marriage with Ye He known to everyone. As expected, the old slave was plotting against him.

Although all the troops who opened the original route could reach Guangshun Pass within one day, the five thousand cavalrymen who were the core of the original route had already been brought out by themselves.

It is really difficult for the remaining troops to face the full attack of the Tatars.

Fortunately, Yan Mingtai and Xiong Tingbi were personally in charge, otherwise the guerrilla capabilities of his several generals would not have been able to cope with such a complicated situation.

But even if he left his treasures and luggage and returned lightly, it would take more than a day at the earliest to return to Kaiyuan. I wonder if Guangshun Pass could withstand Jianlu's attack for two or three days?
At this time, he was quickly calculating various situations in his mind. It was obvious that he would not be able to sneak attack Hetuala this time.

First, he has had the experience of stealing twice, so it is impossible for the old slave not to leave enough soldiers and horses in Hetuala to hold on.

The second issue is the distance. Going to Hetuala is at least one day longer than rescuing Kaiyuan. He cannot seek the far distance instead of the near.

Now the only way for him to return to defense is to quickly return to defense.

Zaisai was also very nervous when he heard about this change, because he only annexed most of the Mangus tribe and did not eliminate their main force.

Even Mangus himself was not caught.

After sweeping away the Horqin camp according to the original plan, he and Li Xianzhong were to set up an ambush to encircle and annihilate the Horqin cavalry who came back to support.

In this way, he can safely consume the captured tribesmen.

Now this sudden change has made all his plans come to nothing.

Without Li Xianzhong's support, whether he could bring these captured tribesmen safely back to his camp is still a big problem.

However, he still gritted his teeth and said: "General Li, I am willing to send a thousand cavalry to help you return to the army!"

Li Xianzhong knew that Zaisai's willingness to send a thousand troops at this time was already taking a huge risk.

Said: "The kindness of Chief Zasai to help this time, Xianzhong will be engraved in his heart."

Fortunately, there are now enough war horses, and Li Xianzhong left 500 Liaodong cavalry behind, responsible for escorting the entire army's baggage and seizures.

Then he led 4500 cavalry to Kaiyuan.

At this time, Guangshun Pass was already a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and the city was filled with corpses of soldiers from both sides.

Many people's faces still vaguely retain the anger and pain of the battle, and their hands are still holding weapons tightly.

Blood flowed from the wounds of the corpse, dyeing the city wall a bloody red color.

The surviving soldiers in the city leaned directly on the pile of corpses, breathing heavily.

If it weren't for the heavy breathing, there wouldn't be much difference between them and the corpses beside them.

There was a smell of blood everywhere in the air, causing some of the young men who carried the corpses to still feel a strong sense of vomiting.

Mao Wenlong, who was covered in blood, walked to the side of the supervisor Yan Mingtai and said softly: "I am reporting to the supervisor Yan that the Tatars have finally retreated. There are currently about 2000 fighting troops in Nanguan."

"There are still more than 300 usable fire guns, and the lead and fire oil of the squatting tiger cannon have been exhausted."

Mao Wenlong did not continue speaking. Yan Mingtai understood what he meant. If Jianlu launched another charge, they would have no choice but to die to serve the country.

In just one day at Nanguan, nearly [-] Ming troops were killed in the battle. Guerrilla general Liu Dayu was killed, guard He Maoguan was seriously injured, and the other Ming generals were also injured.

He knew that the troops and horses on Kaiyuan and Tieling had almost been exhausted. Except for some troops stationed at important passes such as Beiguan and Xiguan, no reinforcements could be sent.

Even Li Xianzhong's private soldiers such as the Pinglu Guards have all gone to the battlefield.

Just when Yan Mingtai was at a loss what to do, he discovered that Zhang Wenbing, the magistrate of Kaiyuan, actually led more than 1000 fully armed soldiers onto the tower.

At this time, Zhang Wenbing wore a war jacket over his official uniform, which looked a bit nondescript.

However, holding a sword in his hand, he said with a serious face: "Xiaguan has selected 1500 people from the two thousand young men he brought. Now they have put on their war coats, picked up their weapons, and are ready to face the enemy at any time. "

Although letting these untrained people go to the battlefield to face the enemy is driving sheep to feed tigers, there is no other way at this time.

Guanxia was already a scorched earth. Looking at the burning ladder, Daishan was filled with anger.

Mang Gurtai on the side said with relief: "It seems that Guangshun Pass cannot be taken today. We should withdraw our troops."

The firearms of the Ming army were extremely fierce today, and the archers of the two red flags were forced to retreat one after another.The Eight Banners soldiers, who lacked the support of bows and arrows, met with stubborn resistance from the Ming army when they attacked the city, even though they fought several times to attack Guangshun Pass.

But at every critical moment, the Ming army would set fire to the city.Although very few people were directly burned to death, the raging fire burned the siege ladders and prevented subsequent troops from ascending the city.

As a result, the troops who climbed the city were unable to continue, and were eventually killed by the Ming army. As a result, their attacks became intermittent, and they were unable to continuously create pressure on the Ming army on the city.

This kind of battle made Daishan very depressed, but he was helpless.

After paying the price of [-] casualties, the Two Red Flags still failed to break through Nanguan.

In the end, he almost squeezed out the word "retreat" through his teeth.

This time even Nurhachi himself had to consider withdrawing his troops. After the two blue flags were disabled yesterday, the two red flags were disabled again today.

Including the loss of the earliest white flag, the number of soldiers and horses lost by the Eight Banners was already 9.

This is unbearable for today's Eight Banners.

Huang Taiji said: "The Ming army starting from Shenyang is led by Shenyang Deputy General Li Huaizhong. It will arrive at Guangshun Pass at noon tomorrow at the latest. There is not much time left for us to break through the pass."

"In addition, the Ming army on Qinghe Road has also been dispatched. The Ming army stationed at Crow Falcon Pass is attacking Wuji Pass; another white-pole soldier with thousands of people is marching towards Kuandian Fort. We have almost no people left to guard. At this moment, Kuan Dian should have fallen into the hands of the Ming army.

Huang Taiji's words caused great uneasiness in everyone.

Even Mang Gurtai, who had always been the main fighter, thought it was time to retreat!
The angry Daishan said: "Great Khan, Hetuala is guarded by Yue Tuo's red flag, and it is impossible for the Ming army to break through."

"At this time, there are not many Ming troops left in Nanguan Pass. We must not give up the attack and miss this great opportunity."

"I request that the elite troops from the two yellow flags be dispatched directly tomorrow to capture Nanguan before Ming army reinforcements arrive."

Finally, he shouted loudly: "The blood of the warriors cannot be shed in vain!"

At this time, Huang Taiji said: "Guangshun Pass must be attacked. Tomorrow, Dabeile can continue to lead troops to pretend to attack Guangshun Pass."

"I expect that at this time, all the soldiers and horses from Kaiyuan should have gathered at Guangshun Pass, and other places must be empty of troops."

"Du Du's white flag is guarding Li Xianzhong's return reinforcements in the north of the camp. It is not far from Zhenbeiguan. It can be used to build a siege ladder on the spot to attack Zhenbeiguan."

The Xiangbai Banner led by Du Du only has 15 Niulu, and now has a total of less than 3000 people.

In normal times, it would be almost impossible to storm a tightly defended Ming border with this small force.

Now that the main force of Zhenbeiguan has been taken by guerrilla Liu Dayu to support Nanguan, there are only 800 Ming troops left in the pass.

At this time, they had already reached the outside of the pass under the cover of darkness.

Although there were not many Ming troops behind the barrier, it was unrealistic to seize the barrier at night, but taking the opportunity to fill in the trench was a great opportunity.

Soon a group of soldiers with white flags came to the pass with shields held high.

Then, as expected, the trap in front of the pass was triggered.

Some soldiers with white flags fell directly into the trap in front of the pass.

The huge sound directly alerted the Ming army in the gate, and the soldiers guarding the city hurriedly rang the big alarm bell in the gate.

Liu Xiang, the commander-in-chief, is currently the guard of Zhenbeiguan. When he heard that Jianlu had stolen the pass, he quickly summoned everyone to lock him up immediately.

The soldier on night patrol said: "The trap outside the city was triggered. We heard the screams of the Tatars. They must have come to break the gate."

Liu hoped to use the light of the torch and found that there were indeed many figures ahead. It looked like they wanted to fill in the trench under the cover of night.

However, he did not dare to act rashly at this time, so he had to order the soldiers to shoot arrows under the city, and at the same time sent people to report the emergency military situation to Kaiyuan City and Nanguan!
It was getting light, and Du Du couldn't wait to launch an attack at the city gate.

I saw countless soldiers with white flags on ladders rushing towards the city gate.

Liu Xiang quickly ordered his soldiers to throw stones and rolling logs at the bottom of the city to prevent the enemy troops from ascending the city.

But the 800 people in the city were too few. After a while, those white-toothed warriors with white flags rushed to the top of Zhenbeiguan.

The Ming army behind the gate was not the main force. At this time, they did not flinch at all, but fought bravely with the enemy.

But they were no match for those wearing armor and wearing white flags. Many of them were killed by the other party just after meeting each other.

After a while, Xiangbai Banner took control of Zhenbeiguan. Unable to resist, Liu Hope had to lead a small number of his men to withdraw from Guancheng.

With a loud sound, the closed suspension bridge fell heavily. At this time, Du Duzhi walked into Zhenbeiguan with great satisfaction.

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