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Chapter 98 The old slave retreats (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)
After Li Xianzhong entered Xiguan, he found that there were only 800 Ming troops here. Upon closer inspection, it was similar to what he expected. Basically, the troops who had opened the original route were transferred to Nanguan.

Three to forty people ran back one after another. It seemed that these were the only ones who survived the half of the assault battalion that followed him this time.

At this time, he was still looking into the distance anxiously. Li Sanshun and others and the Liaodong cavalry must not have anything happen to them.

Finally, half an hour later, a large number of cavalry in armor appeared in Xiguan's field of vision.

Although Li Sanshun and others were also pursued by the Tatars, because thousands of Tatars were besieging the Mongols, most of the main force was pursuing Li Xianzhong.

There were only two or three thousand Tatars behind him, and soon they ran into the Liaodong cavalry led by Zha Zhongwen.

Hearing that the Major General was ambushed, everyone in the Liaodong Cavalry fought bravely to be the first. After killing hundreds of Tatars, they were able to successfully evacuate the battlefield.

The assault battalion suffered most casualties during this expedition, with only a few thousand of the 2500 left. The main force of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry remained, with only a loss of 200.

Li Sanshun said: "Don't worry, Major General. I have notified the five hundred brothers in charge of escorting them, asking them to follow the Mongols back to Zasai's camp first, and then return to Kaiyuan when it is safe here."

However, it was not time to relax yet. Li Xianzhong divided the assault battalion into two. 500 people stayed to help guard Xiguan, and the rest immediately rushed to Nanguan.

He led 1800 Liaodong cavalry to "Laoguan" in the north of the town.

Li Xianzhong didn't know what the situation was in Beiguan now.Although the main force of the Tatars is definitely chasing themselves, since they have the ability to conquer the new pass, they must be able to conquer the old pass as well.

Yu Wanli and Liu Hope of Laoguan were leading more than a thousand people to resist the attack with white flags.

The reason why Laoguan has not been lost so far is thanks to Du Du.

Although he is already the leader of a banner, he is still young and does not know much about Kaiyuan's situation.

I didn't know that Beiguan in Kaiyuan actually had two city gates and two side walls. After discovering that the Liaodong cavalry appeared outside Beiguan, he ordered the siege ladder to be burned down.

So much so that his white flag was unable to capture Lao Beiguan in the first place.

In addition, although his action of filling in the trenches late at night accelerated his pace of taking Beiguan, he also exposed his intention to sneak attack Beiguan several hours in advance.

This also led to both Kaiyuan and Nanguan sending reinforcements.

Although there were no soldiers left in Kaiyuan City, Xiong Tingbi forcibly recruited hundreds of servants from various prefectures, as well as government servants and arresters to guard the pass.

Yu Wanli was ordered to lead the remaining 300 Pinglu guards to Beiguan.

When Du Du heard the familiar sound of firecrackers, he knew something was wrong. Ming reinforcements had arrived.

Although there were only 50 Lumi guns left that could be used normally at this time, with their range advantage, the Ming army continued to attack the archers with white flags under the city.

Dudu had no choice but to rebuild the siege ladder.

But when they attacked the city, Mao Wenlong led more than a thousand Ming troops to come for reinforcements.

When Yan Mingtai discovered that the Tatars were only using some clothes to pretend to attack the South Pass, he was keenly aware that their main attack direction had now shifted to the North Pass.

Soon Nurhachi came to Zhenbeiguan in person. When he heard that Du Du had not yet captured Laobiguan, he was extremely shocked.

This time the ambush outside the pass was quite successful, and a thousand Mongolian cavalry were eliminated, as well as a small [-] Ming army's main cavalry. It was a pity that Li Xianzhong escaped.

Although he also lost nearly 1000 people, as long as he fought back and opened the original path, these losses were worth it.

He said to Huang Taiji: "Sibeile, you lead Zhengbai Qi to Laoguan to replace Du Du. You must capture Laoguan quickly."

When Huang Taiji led Zhengbai Qi to Laoguan, Li Xianzhong had also arrived.

Du Du said with some dejection: "Si Baile, the main force of the Ming army has arrived. They are extremely strong in armor. We have just been driven out of the city gate."

Huang Taiji frowned instantly when he saw the large number of Ming troops in the city and their distinctive armor.

Just when he was still thinking about how to attack the city, he saw Li Xianzhong on the city saying: "This general is Li Xianzhong, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan. I heard that Nurhaci offered a large reward to me. Now I am in front of you. Anyone who is not afraid of death will come. Take it?"

Then he laughed again and said: "Don't say that I won't give you a chance. I will open the city gate after a while and wait for you to come!"

"I want to see if the so-called Eight Banners powerful army has the courage to enter the border and capture me!"

Li Xianzhong's words immediately stunned Mao Wenlong and Yu Wanli, who were standing aside, and opened the door directly. Is Mr. Li crazy?

Li Xianzhong noticed the doubts of the two men and said: "There are no less than 2 Tatars outside Beiguan. If we don't overwhelm them with momentum, Laoguan will not be able to hold it sooner or later."

"Don't worry, my Liaodong cavalry has never been afraid of anyone in a head-to-head battle."

Looking at the confident Li Xianzhong, Mao Wenlong couldn't help but sigh, "Heroes have always been born in youth since ancient times." General Li was probably only in his early 20s. He really admired his courage in using soldiers.

Sure enough, the city gate of Laoguan was slowly opened soon after.

These city gates of the Ming Dynasty stood in front of them, causing the Eight Banners to suffer a lot.

But when he really opened the door, Huang Taiji hesitated again!
He knew very well that this was Li Xianzhong's mind-attacking tactic, and there must be some fraud involved in opening the door.

If you march into the army, you will definitely fall into his trap; if you dare not march into the army, your morale will definitely drop.

Du Du on the side shouted: "Si Beile, I think this is Li Xianzhong's plan to empty the city. I am willing to lead troops to rush to the city and capture this guy alive!" This Du Du really made people laugh and cry. It was obviously a trap. He still To jump in.

The city is full of heavily armed Ming troops, but this guy can actually pull off the empty city plan.

Fortunately, the Great Khan sent himself to take command, otherwise with Du Du's reckless character, he might have been captured alive by Li Xianzhong.

He was helpless against Li Xianzhong's conspiracy.

Unless the troops are withdrawn, they will definitely rush in.

The defenders opened the city gates and called for you to attack, but the attackers were frightened. If this word got out, people would laugh out loud!
Huang Taiji didn't want Du Du to take risks, so he asked Jia La'er Zhen Surin'a of Zhengbai Banner to lead the cavalry charge.

After so many years of fighting in Su Lin'a, this was the first time he heard that the defenders took the initiative to open the city gate and called for the attackers to attack.

But he couldn't control so much. Since the master had an order, the slave would naturally carry it out with all his strength, so he quickly urged his men to rush towards the city gate!

The vanguard of Jianlu had just rushed into the city gate, and Li Sanshun quickly ordered the Ming troops on the city to throw stones and rolling logs at the city gate.

He said to Yu Wanli: "What are you doing standing there, why don't you start setting off firecrackers. General Li only said to open the door, but he didn't say to let them in safely."

Li Sanshun has followed Li Xianzhong for the longest time, and is naturally familiar with his "obscene" style of play.

On the other side, Huang Taiji also ordered the two white flags to attack the city directly and cooperate with Su Lin'a to capture the gate.

He is not stupid either. The city gate is so narrow that he cannot simply send troops in waves for Li Xianzhong to eat.

At this time, only by attacking the city walls and gates together can the Ming army focus on one thing and miss the other.

Being chased away by two yellow flags outside Beiguan in the morning, Li Xianzhong was already feeling angry.

Of course he couldn't have opened the city gate for a fair head-on fight with the Tatars.

At this time, the five hundred Liaodong cavalrymen under the city were already waiting with three-eyed blunderbuss in their hands.

As soon as Su Lin'a and others entered the city gate, they saw rows of Ming soldiers holding firecrackers, firing at them calmly.

The Zhengbai Banner cavalry who had just rushed in fell one after another, and occasionally a few missed their vital points. The cavalry who continued to charge were also killed by the nearby Liaodong cavalry holding spears.

After a while, the city gate was filled with Tatar corpses wearing white armor, almost blocking the city gate opening.

The subsequent Tatars did not dare to rush in and die.

Li Xianzhong snorted coldly, thinking that it would not be easy for 500 Liaodong cavalry armed with three-eyed guns to block a city gate.

Soon Li Xianzhong came to the city gate with a silver gun in hand. It was obvious that he was not satisfied with killing.

However, he found that he was still unable to take action. There were only a hundred or so siege ladders built by Du Du temporarily. There were almost four or five Liaodong cavalrymen guarding one battlement. It was difficult for the Tatars to get to the top of the city.

Huang Taiji below the city also frowned, and their bows and arrows could not have much impact on the Ming army on the city.

These Ming soldiers were fully armored and even equipped with face shields. They didn't care about their bows and arrows at all.

Without the constraints of bows and arrows, the defenders could easily hold a battlement with multiple people.

The Liaodong cavalry coupled with firearms cannot be matched by their bows and arrows.

Huang Taiji understood that it was impossible for him to take down the city gate in front of him.

Soon he put an end to this fearless struggle.

As the Tatars retreated like a tide, the Ming army behind closed doors burst into thunderous cheers.

Mao Wenlong was completely convinced by Li Xianzhong and directly opened the city gate to fight the Tatars. How domineering this was!

In fact, when there are sufficient troops and the combat power is not weaker than that of the opponent, there is not much risk in doing so.

Even if the Ming army under the city failed to withstand the Tatar attack, the city gate of Jiuguan was equipped with a "thousand catty gate". At most, lowering this gate to temporarily seal the city gate completely would still prevent subsequent Tatars from entering the city.

With this retreat, Huang Taiji not only withdrew from Jiuguan, they even gave up Zhenbeiguan, which they finally captured.

Because at this time, Jianzhou's backyard had already caught fire, and the fire was not small.

The Xuanfu Ming army stationed at Crow Falcon Pass captured Wuji Pass and was advancing towards Hetuala. The Ming army at Fushun Pass also fought several battles with Xianghongqi in front of the pass. Both sides suffered casualties, and Yue Tuo was under great pressure.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ye He's cavalry was dispatched again. Although they did not go deep into the city of Hetuala, they took the opportunity to raid various cities under Jianzhou and plunder property and people.

This kind of blow was quite fatal, even more harmful than directly attacking the city of Hetuala. Nurhaci had no choice but to end this failed trip to Kaiyuan.

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