718 is precarious, shameless villain

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More than 60,000 Qing soldiers led by Azig began to storm Yanmen Pass again in the rain from the early morning of the 6th.

Of course, the main responsible for tackling key problems are the more than 30,000 Qing soldiers of the Han army with blue flags and red flags of Bai Ze and Zhao Tianda.

As for the Tartars and the Mongols, they mainly used bows and arrows for long-range support, and the casualties in the charge were too large, and they must have handed them over to the banners of the Han army.

At this time, the battle had been carried out into the evening, but there was no sign of the Qing soldiers retreating.

From early morning to evening, there was a fierce battle for nearly six hours, and the two sides launched a tragic tug-of-war around Yanmen Pass.

At this time, the Qing soldiers had already climbed the wall from the east and west sections of the wall, and several areas, and the soldiers of the Ming army could no longer completely drive them down.

The area where these Qing soldiers landed on the wall was also the place where the soldiers on both sides fought the most fiercely.

The Ming army in Yanmen Pass also showed great tenacity this time, with Lu Xiangsheng personally sitting in the Guanlou, until now, no Ming army team has taken the initiative to break and flee.

"Kill with Lao Tzu, kill all these clear dogs!"

On the eastern section of the wall, there have been five or six times that the battlements of the city wall have been captured by the Qing soldiers, and many Qing soldiers have climbed the wall, guarded these battlements, covered the Qing soldiers behind to enter the city, and fought bloody battles with the Ming soldiers who rushed over.

"Archers, shoot them to death."

Guan Ling roared angrily, but unfortunately he immediately found that his order was not carried out by archers.

It turned out that during the fierce battle for a whole day, the Ming archers suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the remaining archers of the Ming army were also all at the battlements of other walls, shooting at Qing soldiers from other directions who tried to climb the wall.

"Damn, you guys rush with me."

Guan Ling saw that the archers could not be counted on, so he could only lead a dozen Ming army foot soldiers behind him and rush over.

"Kill!"

The whole Yanmen Pass was in a scuffle, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the battle had already begun to spread towards the pass, and the battle was mainly concentrated on the outermost first-line wall at this time.

The competition between the Ming army and the Qing soldiers here is the most tragic.

For the Ming army, it was not these Qing soldiers who climbed the wall that caused the greatest damage to them, but the continuous rain of arrows from their rear.

Azig was reluctant to let his Tartar cavalry participate in such a tragic battle, but it was impossible for Azig to let the Tartar soldiers only watch from behind.

Azig ordered all the Tartar cavalry to dismount and form a dense formation, acting as archers, and firing covering at the Ming army's wall.

More than 20,000 Tartars and Mongols, forming a dense bow and arrow formation, fired covering shots again and again towards the Yanmen Gate.

The Ming army on the Yanmen Gate can be seen at any time, and dense arrows are shot in the sky ahead.

Then, with a 'poof' arrow piercing through the armor, the muffled sound of piercing human flesh and blood, and the screams that resounded through the sky, the Ming soldiers on the wall would fall in large pieces.

For the Tartar rain of arrows covering the blow, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't do anything at first, he could only order all the shields that could be collected in the pass to the wall.

Then, he continued to send reinforcements to the wall, and when a number of Ming troops on the wall died, he immediately transferred people from the only seven or eight thousand reserves in the wall to support them.

This is also the only method that Lu Xiangsheng can think of, which can show that the army can hold Yanmen Pass, and it is completely based on flesh and blood.

The most hateful thing is that the number of archers in the Ming army was not as large as the Qing soldiers, and the foot soldiers who were responsible for shooting and killing the siege were suspected of being understaffed.

I can't call up the superfluous ones at all to fight back against the Qing archers outside the gate.

Whoever let the Tartar soldiers and the Mongol soldiers, everyone dragged them out, they were all good archers, and the Ming army could not compare with others in this regard.

Fortunately, things finally took a turn for the better in the afternoon.

By the end of the afternoon, it had rained heavily in the middle of the night and in the morning, and finally stopped.

Although the environment is still very humid and there is a lot of standing water on the ground, the iron-shelled mines in the hands of the Ming army can finally be used.

At least Lu Xiangsheng asked the soldiers of the Ming army to use catapults to shoot iron-shelled mines, and found that more than seventy percent of iron-shelled mines could explode, which made Lu Xiangsheng very excited.

Immediately, from the afternoon, the Ming army finally had the means to counterattack the Qing archers.

Lu Xiangsheng asked the soldiers of the Ming army to use catapults to shoot out the iron-shelled mines, and the target was the place where the Qing archers more than 100 miles away from the pass were.

Immediately after being bombarded by iron-clad mines, Azig also ordered the Mongols to participate in the siege, while the remaining Tartar archers scattered and continued to shoot.

As soon as the Qing archers dispersed like this, Lu Xiangsheng's side had no choice but to free up the iron-shelled mines to attack the Qing soldiers who were tackling the key points.

"It's been a day since Qi Wei returned to Daizhou, why haven't you rushed back yet, the heralds sent back by Ben Shuai at noon should also be in Daizhou!"

The war has developed to this point, and Lu Xiangsheng can't sit still, and at this time he is in a hurry in the Guan Lou.

But even at this time, Lu Xiangsheng still stayed on the upper floor, refused to listen to Hao Qiang's persuasion, and retreated to the gate.

The strength and determination of the Qing soldiers to tackle the key problems this time far exceeded Lu Xiangsheng's prediction, and after one day, the Ming army suffered more than one-third of the casualties.

This is already a very terrible battle loss, and if the Ming army had such a battle loss ratio in the past, it would have been defeated long ago.

But if he continues to fight like this, without reinforcements coming, Lu Xiangsheng is afraid that these Ming soldiers under his command will eventually be unable to bear it and collapse.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng was still glad in his heart, but he was fortunate to let Qi Wei return to Daizhou, and Lu Xiangsheng believed that as long as Qi Wei led the army to come to support.

Then it would be impossible for the Qing soldiers to break through the Yanmen Pass, and even in case, he sent a herald with his warrant to return to Daizhou, and to summon the last 20,000 Ming troops he left in Daizhou.

However, when the time came in the evening, Lu Xiangsheng had not yet seen Qi Wei and the rest of the Ming army rushing from Daizhou.

This made Lu Xiangsheng have a bad premonition in his heart, such a long time, even a foot soldier is enough to go back and forth between Daizhou and Yanmen Pass several times.

"Oh no, something must have happened? But what will happen? Could it be that Qi Wei is reversed? Or is it Li Zixiao's game for Ben Shuai this time? ”

When things came to this point, no matter how calm Lu Xiangsheng was, he was a little at a loss, and he couldn't help but think about it in his heart.

After all, Qi Wei did have a bad record of 'rebellion' before, and Li Zixiao has not listened to the court in the past two years.

It is no wonder that at this time, Lu Xiangsheng will suspect Qi Wei and Li Zixiao.

"Report, Dashuai, the western section of the wall has been lost, and a large number of Qing soldiers are climbing the city wall, and they are killing along the wall towards the main gate.

Dashuai, you get out of here quickly and retreat to the gate. ”

Just when Lu Xiangsheng was restless in his heart, a Ming soldier covered in blood staggered all the way to Lu Xiangsheng and reported sadly.

"What? Kansai lost? What about Jia Wu, what is he eating, half of the reinforcements in Ben Shuai's hand have been sent to him. ”

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but get angry and shouted loudly.

"Returning to the marshal, General Jia Wu took a team of cronies and took the initiative to retreat into the pass."

The Ming soldier said hatefully, because their lord abandoned them at the critical moment and chose to flee for his life.

"Damn Jia Wu, it's a big mistake for Ben Shuai, after this battle, Ben Shuai will definitely break you into pieces, even if you are Jia Changming's own brother."

After hearing the report of this Ming soldier, Lu Xiangsheng was even more angry, and roared in the sky.

Since today's Qing troops tackled the fortifications, the western section of the wall that Jia Wu was in charge of has repeatedly had crises, and it was almost captured by the Qing troops several times.

Lu Xiangsheng sent reinforcements to the western section of the wall several times in a row, with more than 3,000 people before and after, and you must know that all the reserves in Lu Xiangsheng's hands were less than 8,000 people.

Even so, in the end, Jia Wu still failed to hold the wall of the western section, which really fulfills the old saying: one general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

Originally, even if more Qing soldiers climbed the western section of the city wall, as long as the Ming army did not break and flee, it would not be a big deal.

Anyway, the soldiers of the Ming army and the Qing soldiers have been fighting fiercely with the Qing soldiers on the western section of the city wall for several hours.

The two sides come and go, constantly fighting for this wall that is only three or four miles long, even if the Qing soldiers are brave, but the Ming army does not back down, and the Ming army still has never given up here.

However, just before, Jia Wu was directly shot off his helmet by an arrow from a Tartar white-armored soldier, which directly frightened him.

The bravery of the Qing soldiers deeply shocked Jia Wu, making Jia Wu think that the Ming army could not win this battle, and Yanmen Pass could not be defended.

Instead of continuing to resist and waiting for death on the front line, it is better to escape from Yanmen Pass with his cronies first and go to his brother Jia Changming, who was in Ningwu Pass at this time.

With the main general fleeing like this, the morale of the Ming soldiers on the western section of the city wall plummeted, and the morale of the army was greatly disturbed, giving the Qing soldiers a chance to quickly defeat the Ming army, basically occupying the entire western section of the wall.

Moreover, the Qing soldiers who occupied the western section of the wall also began to follow the wall and fight towards the main building where Lu Xiangsheng was located.

Yanmen Pass is very large, close the wall, close the door, there are many passes, but the outermost wall is still the most important.

Once the Qing soldiers captured the outermost main wall, they could drive straight into the wall and kill them inside the wall, it was only a matter of time.

"Someone, send an order to General Bao, let him come to see me."

Lu Xiangsheng quickly calmed himself down and shouted loudly.

"Dashuai, the old man is here, and he has been waiting for Dashuai's order for a long time."

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng's words fell, a veteran broke in outside the building and shouted to Lu Xiangsheng.

The general is called Bao Yufeng, who is nearly fifty years old, his temples are white, he is an old general, and he is also the general who controls the reserve under Lu Xiangsheng at this time.

"Old General Bao, how many people do you still have?"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Bao Yufeng and asked directly.

"There aren't many people left, reinforcements are needed everywhere this day, and they have already been sent, and now in the hands of the last general, there are only about one hundred and eighty of our veterans left.

Just now I saw a soldier coming down from the west, and I knew that Kansai had been lost.

The last general has come to ask the commander to fight, let the last general go to Kansai.

If the Qing soldiers want to kill in, they must first step on the old man's corpse. ”

Bao Yufeng said heroically, his eyes were not afraid, he was ready to die for Daming.

Bao Yufeng is an old general, he joined the army during the Wanli period, but unfortunately he has been depressed until he met Lu Xiangsheng in his forties.

Bao Yufeng, like some civil and military generals of the Ming Dynasty at this time, belonged to the category of foolish loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.

"Kill!"

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was on the Guan Tower, and he had already heard the fierce shouting and killing sound from the west, and when he looked west, he saw an elite Qing soldier, who was killing Lu Xiangsheng along the wall.

Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng turned his head to look at Bao Yufeng, his eyes were guilty, and he said in a deep voice: "Old General Bao, please, resist the Qing soldiers, don't let them enter the pass."

The commander is to gather the soldiers who have fled and gather them again.

Ben Shuai is still the same sentence, Ben Shuai will not be a deserter, if he can't hold Yanmen Pass today, Ben Shuai and the soldiers will die in the pass together. ”

"Take care, the general, the last general is gone."

"Brothers, kill Jiannu with Lao Tzu!"

"Kill Jiannu, kill Jiannu."

Immediately, Bao Yufeng led the last remaining 180 or so Tianxiong Army veterans in his hands to kill the Qing soldiers along the wall.

Looking at Bao Yufeng, who led the troops to kill the Qing soldiers, and those veterans of the Tianxiong Army, Lu Xiangsheng burst into tears and whispered to himself: "Brothers, Lu can't stand you. ”

But soon, Lu Xiangsheng regained his expression and shouted to the guards behind him: "Raise the handsome banner of the commander and send someone to reorganize the soldiers who have retreated from Guanxi."

Tell them that Ben Shuai is still here, Jia Wu has fled, but Ben Shuai will not escape.

But as long as there is still a little bloody Han man, he will stay in the pass with his marshal, fight to the death with the Qing soldiers, and swear not to be a deserter. ”

Lu Xiangsheng ordered the guards to raise his handsome flag, just to let the soldiers of the Ming army who fled from the collapse of the western section of the wall see it and stabilize the morale of the army.

And just when Yanmen Pass was in danger and had reached the critical juncture of being breached, a large army had also reached a few miles west of Yanmen Pass.

"Hurry up, go faster, Yanmen Pass is coming soon."

Qi Wei rode on his horse and urged the soldiers of the White Dragon Army who were marching in a hurry.

"Damn Du Xun, after this battle is over, he will definitely be broken into thousands of pieces and divided into five horses."

Immediately, Qi Wei rode on the horse and said through gritted teeth, his eyes were fierce, and his face was distorted.

At this time, it was really because Qi Wei hated Du Xun to death.

Originally, Qi Wei returned to Daizhou shortly after dawn, and then gathered the soldiers of the White Dragon Army, brought baggage and other materials, and spent an hour preparing to leave Daizhou and rush to Yanmen Pass.

Qi Wei's speed is already very fast, if it is normal, Qi Wei predicts that he can rush to Yanmen Pass in the afternoon.

But at this time, things changed.

Leaving from Yanmen Pass, he promised Lu Xiangsheng not to return to Daizhou, but to go directly to Taiyuan, but Du Xun did not keep his promise and went directly to Daizhou.

As soon as he arrived in Daizhou, Du Xun directly summoned all the generals of the Ming army to meet as the supervisor of the army.

Qi Wei had time to deal with him, but Du Xun asked the Ming army in the city to stop Qi Wei's men and horses, and kept claiming that Qi Wei colluded with the Tartars to rebel.

even made a lot of nonsense, saying that Yanmen Pass had been lost, and the Tartars would soon be killed in Daizhou.

(End of chapter)