Yi Dong Yikui watched the situation slowly improve, his heart was greatly relieved, and he waved the drum stick harder to beat the war drum, even if most of the guards around him were killed or injured, it didn't matter.

As long as you can muster up the courage to keep fighting, everything is worth it!

He beat the war drums vigorously, and the rumbling war drums stimulated the heart of every Ming soldier.

Their struggle is meaningful.

Dong Yikui has never been so enthusiastic as now, even if he knows that his army will suffer heavy losses, but as long as he can hold the Pingxing Pass, even if it is his own life, it is worth it, he decided so.

He raised his hand high and beat the war drum fiercely.

"General be careful!!"

At this moment, a soldier shouted, and before Dong Yikui could react, a thick crossbow arrow was already whistling.

Whether it is accurate or not, an arrow broke Dong Yikui's left arm from the elbow, Dong Yikui's broken arm and drum stick rose into the sky, and suddenly blood sprayed out from Dong Yikui's broken arm like a spray.

"Ah!!!!h

Dong Yikui roared like a dying lion, his body lost his balance and fell to the ground, the majestic war drums stopped abruptly, and the soldiers of the Ming army who were fighting panicked, extremely panicked and stunned.

And the Mongols intensified their attack at this time, and seemed to be ready for the last fight, pressing countless troops on the city wall in one go, and the Ming army's city wall defense line was full of holes and precarious.

The entire city wall was in a scuffle, and the Mongols were constantly rushing up the city wall unhindered to join the battle queue, and in hand-to-hand combat, the disadvantage of the Ming army was quickly highlighted, and there was no advantage at all.

A large number of soldiers died on the city wall, blood stained every brick and stone, and all this happened under Dong Yikui's gaze, Dong Yikui's broken arm was still spurting blood, he felt that he was getting weaker and weaker, more and more weak, and he couldn't even feel the pain, there were guards around him who said something in a panic, but Dong Yikui couldn't hear anything.

A large number of Mongols flocked here, and Dong Yikui's only three remaining guards drew their swords for a final bloody battle, they killed several Mongol soldiers, and then more Mongols rushed up and hacked to death, each of them was killed in battle.

Dong Yikui no longer had a guard to protect him, he couldn't even stand up with a broken arm, his right hand groped, groped for a knife, he struggled to hold the knife, across his chest, looking up, it seemed to be able to see the playful expressions on the faces of those Mongolians and the excitement that could not be resisted.

He is a big official, a third-grade general soldier, the highest military governor of a province, although it is nothing in the eyes of civilian officials, but a military commander like him, there are only dozens of people in the whole Ming Dynasty, and the death of any one cannot be said to be a trivial matter.

He propped up his knife and straightened his body, and the power that came out of nowhere made him stagger to his feet.

There seemed to be a look of surprise on the faces of the Mongols, surprised that the dying Ming officer was still able to stand up and look at them with a knife.

He raised the knife in his hand, rushed forward with all his strength, and swung the knife down, as if he wanted to kill another enemy, but the three Mongols held three Ming army spears, and without hesitation, stabbed him in the chest, stabbing him back again and again, and slammed him into the wall, the intense pain made him almost numb.

Everything in front of me is getting more and more blurred, and the world in front of me seems to be no longer clear, and only the whirring wind is left in my ears.

Suddenly, he remembered his younger brother Dong Yiyuan, both brothers are senior officers, and they are both evaluated as brave generals, but the person who evaluated them at the beginning also said that his younger brother will not lose to him in bravery and will beat him in resourcefulness, Dong Yikui was still a little unconvinced at that time.

For this reason, he put more effort into practicing martial arts and spent more time reading military books, but he still failed, failed to hold the Pingxing Pass, and was unable to turn the tide.

The three spears were drawn from his body, and he could no longer feel the pain, and the inertia caused him to fall forward, and the burly body fell to the ground with a bang, his body slammed into the bricks of the city wall, and he took one last breath of cold air.

The flat type is over, it's really over.

Your Majesty...... Sin will ...... I'm sorry Daming......

It was his last thought.

On November 30, the 25th year of Wanli, the Pingxing Pass fell, and the whole pass was 20,000 soldiers, from the Shanxi General Dong Yikui and the Pingxing Pass Guard General Zhang Da and below, none of them survived, all of them died in battle, and the 20,000 people in the Guancheng who had not had time to evacuate were all killed in addition to more than 3,000 young and strong men and women who were taken captive.

On that day, the Pingxing Guancheng was on fire all night, like a ghost domain, and the roars, howls, cries for help and laughter filled this small world.

When the December sun rose, there was no longer a trace of life in the ruined Pingxing Gate, only the flames that had not yet been completely extinguished and the headless corpses everywhere.

After the 50,000 cavalry of the Tumut Division, who was responsible for the main attack on Pingxing Pass, broke through Pingxing Pass, in addition to a cavalry of 10,000 people to attack Taiyuan City, the remaining 40,000 main forces rushed to Zijing Pass according to the established plan.

They burned, killed and looted all the way, and the Han villages and small towns from Pingxingguan to Zijingguan were burned, looted, and the lives were devastated, and the situation continued to deteriorate, almost to the point that it was impossible to clean up and irreparable.

The people in this area got the news very early, and ran desperately to the pass, those who had horses rode horses, and those who did not have horses tried their best to get cars, and the poor ghosts could only run around, and those who couldn't run could either wait for death, or hide in other places to ask the Bodhisattva to bless them from being searched by the Mongols.

Under such circumstances, only a day and a half later, Bauhinia Pass received an early warning.

When Chai Guozhu, who arrived at Bauhinia Pass to take over the defense of Bauhinia Pass, learned the news that Pingxing Pass was lost and a large number of Mongols were coming to Bauhinia Pass, the whole person was stunned, and then quickly realized the urgency of the situation, and immediately sent someone to report to Li Chengliang and the imperial court, so that the imperial court could prepare early, and he quickly arranged the defense.

Bauhinia Pass is located between Baoma Pass and Juyong Pass, and is an extremely important Gyeonggi Guardian, consisting of five small cities, Xiaojin City on the north bank of the Juma River, Guancheng on the south bank, Xiaopanshi City, Qifengkou City, and Guanzuoling City.

The main defense system is composed of four fortresses on the south bank, and if the south bank is lost, there is only one small river left on the north bank to resist.

The Bauhinia Pass was actually lost.

Once the Bauhinia Pass is lost, then the city of Beijing will be in danger, as Genghis Khan did when he dealt with the Jin Dynasty, and he did the same in the past.

If the Bauhinia Pass is over, the imperial court can begin to prepare for the third defense of Beijing, and Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun will become the third son of heaven to guard the country after Emperor Jingtai and Emperor Jiajing.

That's really not something to be proud of.

The significance of Bauhinia Pass to the Beijing Division, even Juyong Pass can not be compared, Chai Guozhu has been a border general for a long time, well versed in military affairs, and has a deep understanding of all this, so he immediately used the 20,000 soldiers and horses that can be mobilized at present to make defense arrangements.