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Chapter 97: Escape from Death (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

After Li Xianzhong and the Liaodong Cavalry left Horqin Camp, they headed straight to Zhenbeiguan without stopping.

After many long-distance raids, Li Xianzhong's riding skills became increasingly sophisticated, even compared with the Mongolians of the Chaohua Department.

Of course, Li Xianzhong's mount is a rare thousand-mile horse. It is completely black with only four white hairs on its hooves. It is also known as "dark clouds treading on snow".

His riding skills still relied on some horsepower.

At this time, there was no shortage of good horses in his army. Generally, the Ming army was equipped with two horses for short-distance attacks; for long-distance attacks like this, it was even equipped with three horses.

One horse carries people, one horse carries supplies, and the other horse runs empty, and then these horses are used alternately.

Ensure that these horses can maintain their horsepower to the greatest extent to ensure that the cavalry can travel long distances.

Because the armor of the "Liaodong Iron Cavalry" is heavier than that of the "Assault Battalion".

So at this time, Li Xianzhong and others were actually divided into two groups. Li Xianzhong led the "assault battalion" and 3500 Mongolian cavalry in the front line.

Zha Zhongwen led the 2000 Liaodong Cavalry as the second echelon.

In fact, the Liaodong cavalry originally had regulations to march separately during the march.

Because their former coach Li Rusong liked to lead the cavalry into battle, he was easily ambushed by the enemy.

During the Battle of Byokjeokwan in North Korea, the Japanese pirates even used the "Nine Curved Bead Curtain Formation" to ambush them. Fortunately, they marched separately at that time and were not completely wiped out by the Japanese pirates.

If the front team encounters an ambush, the rear team can provide timely support, which can often help the front team break out of the encirclement at critical moments.

Tens of thousands of war horses passed through the grassland like lightning, leaving a deep mark. The scene was extremely spectacular.

At this time, there is no need to worry about being detected by the enemy's sentinels, because the sentinels will not have time to deliver the message.

In just one day and one night, they returned from the Horqin Prairie hundreds of miles away to the front of Zhenbei Pass.

Mr. Li Xian noticed thick smoke billowing from a distance.

Li Sanshun shouted: "No, it looks like the Tatars attacked Zhenbeiguan!"

So they quickly adjusted their formation and entered combat mode.

Here, Du Du had just taken Zhenbeiguan and sent people to report Nurhaci's victory. He found a large number of cavalry in the distance, and it looked like they were Ming troops.

At this time, he was also calling luck in his heart. If the Ming army arrived a moment earlier, or if he captured Zhenbeiguan later, the consequences would be disastrous.

Li Xianzhong didn't expect that it was too late even if he hurriedly rushed.

Although Jianlu captured Beiguan, it was not entirely bad news.

This shows that Nanguan should still be in the hands of the Ming army. If they attack Nanguan, they should directly rush to Kaiyuan City. There is absolutely no reason to divide their troops to capture Zhenbeiguan.

At that time, Li Sanshun said: "Major General, are we going to retake Beiguan directly?"

Li Xianzhong said: "No rush, let the Mongolian cavalry use bows and arrows to irritate them first, and then make a decision after the Liaodong cavalry arrives."

To be honest, Li Xianzhong was really not sure about storming Zhenbeiguan. Du Du immediately set fire to the siege ladder they had used just now when he discovered them.

But he still had to contain Du Du's white flag.

Because Du Du only occupied Zhenbeiguan and did not completely enter the Liaodong border wall.

Among the three passes in Kaiyuan, Zhenbei, which is called "Beiguan", is different from "Nanguan" and "Xiguan". It is divided into new pass and old pass.

The Zhenbeiguan Pass occupied by Du Du was built in the seventh year of Zhengtong (1442), which is also the new pass.

Less than ten miles away from here, there is Zhenbeiguan built in the fourth year of Yongle (1406), which is called Jiuguan, and Jiuguan also has a complete side wall.

The reason why Liu Hope and others retreated just now was not to escape from the battlefield, but to reorganize defenses at Jiuguan.

In other words, the Xiangbai Banner did not actually break into Kaiyuan at this time, and Du Du's act of burning the siege ladder just now in desperation actually destroyed his own siege equipment.

At this time, on the hillside not far away, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji were watching the scene at the north gate of the town.

In fact, the reason why they rushed to open the original road was simply because Li Xianzhong's Liaodong cavalry was not there, so they could take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.

Unfortunately, God failed to fulfill their wishes, and now they have been blocked by the Ming army in Nanguan for more than two days.

Li Xianzhong's Liaodong cavalry will definitely get the news to support them.

If he returns for reinforcements, he must go to Zhenbeiguan.

For the Eight Banners, as long as they find a way to eliminate Li Xianzhong's Liaodong cavalry, they no longer have to worry about the support of other Ming armies.

So Huang Taiji came up with a plan to ambush Li Xianzhong.

After notifying Du Du's Xiangbai Banner to capture Beiguan.

Nurhachi left the two red flags and the two blue flags in a semi-disabled state to continue to contain the Ming army at Nanguan.

And he personally led three complete flags, namely the two yellow flags and the Zhengbai flag, to ambush Li Xianzhong.

Zhenghuang Banner has 45 Niulu, while Zhengbai Banner and Xianghuang Banner have 25 and 20 Niulu respectively.At this time, nearly 2 cavalry from these three banners were already ambushing outside the pass, waiting for Li Xianzhong to take the bait.

Huang Taiji said excitedly: "36 years ago, Li Chengliang and Li Rusong set up an ambush here and severely damaged the Ye He tribe of the Haixi Jurchens. Now we are treating them in the same way, ambushing Li Xianzhong and the Li family's Liaodong cavalry. , this is really a reincarnation of heaven!"

However, it was not the time to take action at this time, because Li Xianzhong did not attack Zhenbeiguan as they imagined, but kept the main force 3 miles away.

They just sent a thousand Mongolian cavalry to harass Zhenbeiguan with bows and arrows.

Huang Taiji and Nurhachi looked anxiously at the Ming army in front of the pass. As long as they advanced 2 miles; no, even one mile, they could surround them under the city.

By then, even if Li Xianzhong had wings, it would be difficult for him to fly!
It's a pity that the Ming army still has no plans to attack the city.

Nurhachi said: "We can't wait any longer. The Ming army has sent out sentries. They will find us soon, and they will run away when the time comes."

So Huang Taiji sent a thousand Zhengbai Banners to attract the Ming army. As long as the Ming army caught up, they would not be able to escape.

Soon a thousand fully armed men with white flags appeared in front of the Ming army.

Li Sanshun said excitedly: "The Major General is the reinforcement of the Tatars. It seems that they only have more than a thousand horses. The general will lead his men to chase them. We must not let them run away!"

He quickly called for the "assault battalion" to pursue these Tatars.

Just as Li Sanshun was about to set off, Li Xianzhong stopped him and said, "Something's wrong. The 'assault battalion' is not the Liaodong cavalry. How could the Tatars run away as soon as they appear in front of us?"

"If they really want to run, why bother running in front of us? They can run away when they see us from a distance?"

Li Xianzhong, who realized something was wrong, pointed to a high slope ahead and said, "Send someone over there to see if there is an ambush?"

Seeing the Ming army sending sentry cavalry, Nurhaci knew that he could no longer hide.

Following a low-pitched horn sound, countless cavalrymen wearing yellow and white armor quickly rushed towards Li Xianzhong and others.

It turned out to be two yellow flags. Li Xianzhong immediately shouted: "This is the main force of the Tatars. Li Shen will take us all the way and run separately. You quickly go to stop Zha Zhongwen's Liaodong cavalry. Remember not to be reluctant to fight and go directly to Xiguan to meet up."

Soon Li Sanshun led his men to break through to the northwest, while Li Xianzhong was thinking of breaking out to the southwest.

Li Xianzhong holds a silver gun, wears silver armor, and rides "dark clouds on snow", which makes him very eye-catching in the army.

Sure enough, most of the Eight Banners soldiers chased him.

But the saddest thing is the Mongols under the city, who are three miles away from Li Xianzhong.

When they found out that Jianlu wanted to escape, they were directly blocked by the oncoming Zhengbai flag at the bottom of the city.

The Mongols yelled at the Ming army for being unjust, and actually left them behind and fled.

Helplessly, they could only draw their swords and fight Jianlu head-on.

Not many of their 1000 people were wearing armor, so they were obviously no match for Zheng Baiqi.

But at least it can be regarded as attracting many Tatars for Li Xianzhong.

The situation here was not good for Li Xianzhong. Although he ran for a while first, waves of arrows were fired by the Tatars behind him, knocking many of them off their horses.

Moreover, they had just been running for a day and a night. At this time, their horsepower had not recovered at all, and they could not outrun the Tatars at all.

The Tatars behind him shouted excitedly: "The Great Khan has an order to capture Li Xianzhong, regardless of his life or death, he will be promoted to three levels in a row, rewarded with a hundred gold, and given the title of Batulu."

The commander-in-chief, Dazhu, said: "You guys escort the major generals to leave first, and the last general will lead the brothers to stop the rear!"

Then he led more than a thousand cavalry from the assault battalion to fight towards the Tatars behind him.

Li Xianzhong did not stop them, because for now this was the best choice, and they couldn't run away with their horsepower.

Instead of being slowly shot by the Tatars behind you, it is better to fight openly and openly. Kill one to earn enough money, and kill two to earn one.

Wang Dazhu held a long spear and led the way into the Tatar formation.

The pursuing Lianghuangqi probably didn't expect that these Ming troops would kill a "returning gun".

It actually didn't block the Ming army's attack for a while.

A Jia Lazhen of Zhenghuang Banner was shot to the ground by Wang Dazhu. The Ming army behind him also took the opportunity to cover up and kill many Tatars.

But they were soon surrounded by Tatars arriving one after another.

In fact, from the moment they turned their horses' heads, they never thought that they could go back alive. The Ming army, which was determined to die, exploded with astonishing combat power at this moment.

More than a thousand Ming troops were actually locked in a battle with the elite troops of the Two Yellow Banners that were several times their own.

There are cavalry fighting with each other everywhere, and the grassland is filled with the metallic sound of clashing weapons and the neighing of war horses!
However, the disparity in strength quickly put the Ming army into trouble. As the exhausted Wang Dazhu was beheaded by Jianlu, the assault battalion finally completed its curtain call.

And Li Xianzhong relied on Wuyun Taxue's strong horsepower to run under Xiguan.

At this time, he was full of self-blame. This attack on Horqin was too reckless, which not only put the entire Kaiyuan Road into trouble.Now his good brothers Li Sanshun and Zha Zhongwen are still alive and dead.

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