Although he is only 18 years old, Wu Sangui, who has practiced martial arts under Zu Dashou since he was a child, has been able to wear double armor and easily rush into battle formation.

Because he rescued his father from the encirclement of the 40,000 Houjin army, Wu Sangui has become a rising star in the western Liaoxi generals. Of course, it was also thanks to Wu Xiang's quick escape, when he saw that the Houjin army was strong, he began to flee, and when he was surrounded by the Houjin army, he was about to escape from the encirclement. In addition, he was bent on fleeing for his life, and he didn't attract the attention of the Houjin army very much, so he was able to fulfill the myth that Wu Sangui took dozens of families to rescue his father from the 40,000 Houjin army.

Although there is a lot of water in this myth, Wu Sangui's strength may be a little worse, but it can be regarded as one of the few children of the generals in Liaoxi who still dare to rush into battle.

When Wu Xiang led the army to attack the south gate of Santun Camp City, Wu Sangui personally sat in front of the army to supervise the siege of the city.

The Houjin army, which did not resist much fiercely at the head of the city, became resilient after retreating into the city. What made Wu Sangui feel most helpless was that these Houjin Tartars actually built barricades on each street with furniture, and then hid behind the barricades to fight with them.

In the narrow streets, the numerical superiority of the Ming army was basically difficult to exert, and it could only rely on a small number of elites to attack the barricades, and then take them down one by one.

This kind of street battle made the Ming army feel more uncomfortable than the previous battle of the city, after all, there was only one city wall, and after capturing the city wall, the victory could almost be decided. Therefore, although the losses in the battle of the city were huge, the Ming army at least had one goal of victory.

But street fighting was different, one barricade was captured, and there was another below, and there seemed to be a barricade with no end in sight behind the Houjin army. When the first barricade was successfully captured, the Ming army was ecstatic, but after capturing the three barricades, Wu Sangui felt that the soldiers around him were a little discouraged.

In order to inspire the courage of these soldiers around him, Wu Sangui began to personally go into battle to kill. With excellent armor, skilled martial arts, and the protection of the family around him, he captured three barricades in one go. Seeing that the walls of the inner city in the distance were already faintly revealed, he listened to the persuasion of the leaders of the family around him and retreated to a safe place in the rear.

Rao is Wu Sangui has been practicing his body all year round, and he has been running for a morning wearing dozens of pounds of armor, and now he doesn't want to move when he sits down. He took off his helmet, took a leather bag from a family member next to him and drank a few sips of water, and before he could put down the water bladder, he had already heard a burst of shouts of "defeated, defeated".

Wu Sangui suddenly stood up and looked around, "What's the matter?" We're all on the verge of taking over the city, how can we be defeated? ”

"Major General, there is the sound of horses' hooves of a large group of cavalry to the east." A family member listened intently for a while, and suddenly said to Wu Sangui. With this family's reminder, Wu Sangui and the people around him could hear from the noise that a huge cavalry was rushing towards the Santun camp city.

Wu Sangui suddenly commanded a family member: "Liu Fu, you take someone to stay here, and I will go to find my father." Now we must bring all the troops into the city as soon as possible, and then rely on the walls to defend them, otherwise none of us will be able to escape. ”

When Wu Sangui took his family to look for Wu Xiang, a partial general told him that the general had just gone to the city gate with a few personal soldiers. Wu Sangui suddenly said with some annoyance: "Father actually ran away again? didn't even inform his own son, which is too ruthless. ”

After Wu Sangui complained, the dozens of soldiers around him cautiously asked him, "Young General, what are we going to do next?" ”

Wu Sangui glanced at the Ming army that was rushing towards the city gate, and had lost its organization, and finally said in frustration: "Pass the order, set fire to the streets leading to the south city gate, I will wait for you here for a quarter of an hour, and you can bring back as many people as you can." After a quarter of an hour, I will not wait any longer and let them retreat on their own. ”

As Wu Sangui's order was issued, the barricades on the streets of various places in Nancheng suddenly burned, and the Houjin army, which was pursuing the Ming army, was suddenly forced back by the flames. Soon the Ming army in the north and west also set fires, and the fires in the three urban areas were quickly connected and turned into a fire that swept the whole city.

The Houjin army, which had entered from the east city, had to withdraw from the city again, and Huang Taiji, who stayed outside the east gate, looked at dozens of pillars of smoke above the Santun camp, and couldn't help but sigh and said to the guards around him: "These Ming troops are really so enduring, they actually set fire to their own cities, and the people refused to surrender."

The order was sent down, and the army still in the city could bring out the people in the city as much as possible. Tell those people of the Ming Kingdom that the entry of the Later Jin State is only to punish the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom for his unjust act of breaking the peace treaty, as long as the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is willing to apologize for the previous violation of the peace treaty, and swear not to accept the fugitives of our Houjin and not interfere in the war between our Houjin and the Mongolian tribes, then our Houjin army will retreat outside the pass.

In addition, he sent someone to tell Abatai on the left and Dolgon on the right that as long as the Ming army was willing to lay down their arms and surrender, there was no need to kill more. ”

On the other side, after gathering more than 100 Ding and sergeants, Wu Sangui took them out of the city through the west gate. Compared with the South City Gate, which was already chaotic and crowded and difficult for personnel to enter and exit, due to the presence of Man Gui, the West City Gate still maintained order, allowing all units of the Ming army to evacuate in an orderly manner.

Wu Sangui used a dilapidated cloak to cover his armor, and then disguised himself as an ordinary soldier and quietly left the city in the crowd.

After leaving the city safely, Wu Sangui found that the Houjin cavalry had appeared outside the west city, and the descendants under the command of Man Gui were trying their best to block these Houjin cavalry from continuing to advance until the retreat of the Ming army was cut off. Looking at the precarious situation of these Ming troops, it is obviously unlikely that they will be able to stop it for too long.

Seeing the Houjin cavalry arriving from the south in an endless stream, Wu Sangui knew that his battalion was basically finished, he looked back at the hundreds of infantry in the team behind him, and knew that if he ran with these infantry, it would be difficult to escape from the encirclement before the Houjin cavalry was encircled.

Wu Sanguile stopped his horse and said to the soldiers on foot behind him: "You brothers on foot retreat to the north, as long as you go up the mountain, the cavalry of Houjin will not be able to catch up with you." If you have a chance to go up the mountain, you will return to the Ninja Pass to the west, and if you don't have a chance, you will go all the way to the north and retreat in the direction of the Great Wall, the passes of the Great Wall in the north are still in the hands of our army, and they will definitely contain you. ”

The soldiers on foot were suddenly in an uproar, and several soldiers had the courage to ask Wu Sangui, "Is the young general trying to leave us behind?" ”

Wu Sangui glanced at these soldiers, saw that many of them had desperate and angry expressions on their faces, and suddenly replied a little unnaturally: "Man Shuai is fighting in the south to cover the retreat of the army, and I will also go to help Man Shuai, so that you brothers have more time to retreat." So the brothers on foot retreated to the north first, and the brothers on mounts followed me to the south, delaying the pursuit of the golden cavalry. ”

Hearing Wu Sangui say this, the faces of these soldiers of the Ming Army on foot softened. Several soldiers of the Ming army who had not yet accepted defeat were also moved by Wu Sangui's words, and couldn't help shouting: "We are also willing to follow the major general to fight to the death and be the queen of the army." ”

The shouts of these soldiers immediately resonated with many soldiers, and when victory was within reach, they suddenly became chaotic because the main general fled, causing the whole army to collapse. This made these soldiers, who rarely inspired victory, still a little indignant, and they wanted to fight for a while.

Those soldiers who had no fighting spirit had already fled on their own without waiting for Wu Sangui to send someone to collect them. These soldiers who were able to be collected by Wu Sangui were all those who were still resisting after the collapse of the army. The will to fight of these soldiers is naturally much higher than that of those deserters, and now that they heard that Wu Sangui was going to delay the attack of the Houjin army and let them flee first, more than half of them were willing to stay and wanted to break off with the young general.

Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel a trace of shame in his heart when he looked at the performance of these soldiers, but he quickly settled down and said: "That's not good, we are all cavalry, and there is still a chance to retreat against the strikers of Shanghou Jin." If I take you with me, everyone will not be able to leave.

I had made up my mind, and all the infantry retreated to the north, while the cavalry followed me south to resist the enemy. Since my father is not here, then my words are military orders, and is there any of you who will not obey my military orders? ”

In Wu Sangui's fierce words, the Ming army, which had walked hundreds of miles, finally saluted Wu Sangui solemnly under the leadership of several partial generals, and then turned around and ran towards the mountains to the north.

After waiting for this group of Ming troops to leave, the twenty or thirty horsemen surrounding Wu Sangui suddenly couldn't help but ask him: "Young General, do we really want to go to the aid of Man Shuai and break off the rear for the army?" ”

Wu Sangui turned the horse's head and replied: "No, let's evacuate from the southwest, go to Qianxi County first, see if my father is not there, and then make plans..."

Wu Sangui knew his father's psychology very well, and after losing more than ten horses in the process of fleeing, Wu Sangui finally rushed to Qianxi County with the remaining guards.

At this time, Wu Sangui and the others were covered with blood and the dust raised on the road, and they completely looked like a remnant of a defeated army. As soon as they arrived at the county seat of Qianxi, they heard the defenders say that General Wu was organizing his troops and preparing to leave from the West Gate.

After hearing this, Wu Sangui immediately rushed to the west gate, and finally stopped Wu Xiang before he left the city. Wu Sangui rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, rushed to Wu Xiang's horse, grabbed his reins, and said, "Father, where are you going?" Santun camp was defeated, and now that my father has lost Qianxi City, whether it is Man Shuai or Zhang Daotai, he will not let us go. ”

Wu Xiang glanced at his son expressionlessly, and then said with some distraction: "Uncle Chang is back, it's good to come back." Now that he has returned, he has gone with his father. Qianxi City can't be defended, and whether Man Shuai can come back alive or not has to be said.

We went directly to Malanzhuang through Wuhu Mountain to find your uncle, and now only your uncle has protected us. The Manshuai was defeated, and if the imperial court wants to stabilize the situation on the East Road, it must rely on the five battalions of men and horses in your uncle's hands. As long as your uncle opens his mouth to protect his father, the court will inevitably give in. ”

Wu Xiang gently took the reins from Wu Sangui's hand, and then bypassed him and continued to walk forward, Wu Sangui, who had just listened to his father's words and was still a little confused, stood in place in a daze, and did not continue to stop it.