Chapter 167: Eastward, Trapped in Zhenyuan Pass

Although Sun Zushou and Man Gui also died in the subsequent battle to defend the capital.

However, their integrity of fighting to the death greatly boosted the morale of the Ming army, causing Huang Taiji to return in vain after several attacks.

On the contrary, under the command of Yuan Chonghuan, Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge almost died in battle.

Under this circumstance, Chongzhen summoned Yuan Chonghuan into the city and then arrested him and put him in prison.

For a while, the army led by Yuan Chonghuan was in panic.

After receiving the news, Zu Dashou even immediately led the army back and wanted to return to Shanhaiguan.

However, he was dissuaded by Sun Chengzong halfway.

However, even so, he no longer had the heart to participate in the battle to defend the capital, and could only say that he would not rebel.

In the following month or so, Huang Taiji also attacked the capital several times, but in the end all returned in vain.

Looking at the towering capital, Huang Taiji sighed.

It was a pity. If he stayed any longer, the various armies would enter Beijing to support the king, and it would be too late for him to leave.

He had no choice but to go east in January of the third year of Chongzhen, carrying the harvest from this entry into the pass, and conquered several cities again and left the pass.

Then in March of the third year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan was tortured to death.

Yuan Chonghuan, the anti-Qing general who was praised and criticized in later generations, came to an end.

When Huang Taiji entered the pass and the various armies entered Beijing to support the king, the Dynasty's army to save the people was not idle.

Wang Ziyi and others were led by the agricultural society and shadow personnel to the easternmost part of Shaanxi, and then crossed the Yellow River and entered Shanxi.

At this moment, in the whole of Shaanxi, except for the few troops left by Hong Chengchou and the border guards of Ningxia and Yulin, there was basically no military force.

There were not many Ming troops left, and the rebels had all entered Shanxi.

When everything was ready, in January of the third year of Chongzhen, when the Houjin army withdrew, Wang Chao brazenly marched eastward and captured Qingyang Prefecture in one fell swoop.

Wang Erniu's troops left Jinglu Guard and entered Ningxia Guard, and they also defeated all the generals along the way.

But at this time, Wang Erniu became a little proud. In fact, those Ming troops were too weak to face the Salvation Army, and there was almost no enemy.

After some thought, he decided to divide his troops and advance.

In the early days, there were still hundreds of people attacking a city, and later, even dozens of people dared to attack a city.

However, in fact, even so, the Salvation Army often captured cities one after another.

It was not until Wang Erniu led less than a hundred people to attack Zhenyuan Pass, the northernmost of Ningxia Guard, that the situation changed.

The defenders of Zhenyuan Pass saw that cities in various places were lost one after another, and they were probably unable to resist.

At the last moment, he actually contacted Lin Danhan of the Tumed Tribe of the Tatars outside the pass, wanting to conspire with him to wipe out Wang Erniu's troops.

After receiving the contact letter, Lin Danhan fell into deep hesitation.

He really hated the People's Salvation Army, but at the same time, he was also extremely afraid of the People's Salvation Army. He knew it from the battles with the People's Salvation Army.

The People's Salvation Army is not comparable to ordinary armies, and it is far from being defeated by the Tumed Army.

However, when he learned that there were only more than a hundred people in the People's Salvation Army this time, he finally moved. This was a rare opportunity for revenge, and he could also take the opportunity to enter Ningxia to plunder.

The most important thing is that they might be able to rob the weapons of the People's Salvation Army.

He had long been envious of the rifles of the People's Salvation Army.

In the end, Lin Danhan decided to lead 20,000 troops and conspire with the commander of Zhenyuan Pass to fight against the People's Salvation Army led by Wang Erniu.

Well, this shows his importance to the People's Salvation Army, or awe.

Of course, he also had other considerations. What if the rescue army was more than a hundred?

Thus, when Wang Erniu led his army to attack Zhenyuan Pass, a large number of Tumed cavalry suddenly appeared around and began to attack them.

Seeing this scene, Wang Erniu's face changed, and he directly sent more than 80 people to temporarily block the Tatar Tumed cavalry.

He led 20 people to rescue the people and stepped up the attack on Zhenyuan Pass.

Wang Erniu himself led the way, braved the arrows of the Ming army, rushed directly to Zhenyuan Pass, mobilized the iron-blooded murderous spirit of hundreds of people, and some of the national destiny he could mobilize, and chopped straight along the crack of the door.

"Swish~!"

"Puff!"

"Bang bang."

"Hua la."

Accompanied by two dull sounds, the gate bolt was directly chopped off.

Without saying a word, Wang Erniu mobilized his strength, pushed the gate open with force, and shot the gate guards with a few shots.

Then, Wang Erniu led everyone to rush into Zhenyuan Pass, then closed the gate heavily and rushed into the city.

As Wang Erniu led people into the city, the battle in the city could be declared over.

The commander of Zhenyuan Pass wanted to open the gate and let the Tumed army led by Lin Danhan enter the city.

But in the end, he was shot dead by Wang Erniu.

Afterwards, Wang Erniu relied on Zhenyuan Pass to fight a fierce battle with 20,000 Tatar Tumed cavalry.

Standing on the top of the city, while organizing everyone to shoot, Wang Erniu also had a thought in his mind and summoned his general status card.

With a slight sigh, Wang Erniu still had a thought, and the card glowed slightly, and then turned into a light curtain the size of an A4 paper.

He called up the list of his generals, began to edit text, and issued orders to let them gather and come to Zhenyuan Pass for support.

This is a new function of the Heaven and Earth Status Card. It can send messages to people you are connected with, allowing them to pass messages faster and avoid delays due to message delays.

However, although Wang Erniu relied on the Heaven and Earth Status Card to issue an order to gather reinforcements.

But that will take time after all.

He must hold on for a day to wait for a large number of reinforcements from the People's Salvation Army to completely annihilate the invading enemy.

Before that, the Zhenyuan Pass will have to rely on these hundreds of people to hold on.

Facing the 20,000 troops led by Lin Danhan, it is really not easy to defend.

It is really because their number is too small. They are scattered on the four walls, with only more than 20 people on each side. How can they resist the siege of 20,000 troops?

What's more, they don't have many bullets.

Originally, each person had 100 bullets, but after a series of battles, there are only 20 to 30 bullets left.

According to prior estimates, it is more than enough to capture Zhenyuan Pass.

However, who knew that the commander of Zhenyuan Pass was so crazy that he colluded with Lin Danhan of the Tatar Tumed and helped him with internal and external forces.

Although he quickly eliminated the internal forces, the 20,000 troops outside were not so easy to resist.

Looking at Wang Erniu and others who rushed into the city, Lin Danhan's face was a little ugly, and he kept cursing the commander of Zhenyuan Pass as a waste.

In just such a short time, the people's rescue army broke through the pass and occupied the city.

In this way, their previous plan was in vain.

However, since he had already arrived here, he naturally could not retreat like this. Since he could not annihilate the people's rescue army outside the city, he could only attack by force. Anyway, the people's rescue army was only about a hundred people.

"Attack, they only have a hundred people, give me a full-scale attack, take down Zhenyuan Pass in one fell swoop, and seize the muskets of the people's rescue army."

When he said this, Lin Danhan's eyes flashed with heat, and he would also be able to obtain that kind of powerful musket.

It would be best if someone could imitate it.

By that time, his Tatar Tumed will also have this powerful musket. He will make those rebellious Mongolian tribes and the Jurchens of the Later Jin Dynasty kneel down and call him daddy.

"Hahaha, attack! Attack! Attack!"

Thinking of the excitement, Lin Danhan excitedly waved his sword and shouted, urging everyone to launch an attack.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Bang bang bang"

Facing the siege of the Tumed cavalry, Wang Erniu and others were not polite, and directly fired repeatedly, killing those who rushed the fastest.

In just a moment, at least three or four hundred people fell.

However, this was insignificant for the 20,000-man army.

Therefore, the army quickly attacked the city and began to hide under the horse-drawn carts to dig the wall, or hold up the sickle hook, ready to climb the city wall.

Although Wang Erniu and others kept killing them, after all, there were too few people, and some people began to climb up the city wall.

The two sides immediately started a fierce hand-to-hand fight.

Originally, Dahan Lin thought that when the army climbed up to the top of the city and the two sides engaged in close combat, the people's salvation army would soon be unable to hold on.

However, in fact, the situation was not the case.

After the two sides engaged in close combat, the people's salvation army's killing efficiency was even better than before.

The steel knives forged with new steel were extremely tough and sharp, coupled with their unparalleled strength and extremely fast speed.

The Tumed soldiers who rushed to the top of the city had no chance of fighting and were killed on the spot.

Even the armor they wore and the long swords they raised were easily cut off and broken by the people's salvation army, and then killed.

In this way, from the morning when the sun was high to the noon when the troops were called off, the Tumed army lost nearly two or three thousand people, and did not really capture the city wall.

Seeing this, Lin Danhan could not help but curse angrily.

At ten o'clock in the afternoon, he immediately organized people to launch an attack on the city.

And this time, he pressed on with his entire army.

After all, he was also afraid that the Salvation Army would come to support him.

At that time, it would not be him who led the army to besiege the Salvation Army, but he would be annihilated by the Salvation Army.

As the siege became more intense, Wang Erniu and others finally began to get injured.

Their physical fitness was indeed much better than that of ordinary people, and they still had true qi in their bodies, and even mastered some magical powers.

However, they did not break away from the limits of the human body, otherwise their Qi refining would not be in the ordinary realm.

They would also get tired, and they would also get injured and die if they were stabbed by knives and guns.

In the battle at that time, the Salvation Army's city wall was once breached by the army, but Wang Erniu and others fought back desperately, and then drove the Tumed soldiers back down the city.

At the end, even Wang Erniu felt extremely tired, not to mention the ordinary Salvation Army, who had already died 20 to 30 people, and everyone was injured.

When the sun was about to set, there were only more than 20 of them left, and they were firmly besieged on the west wall.

Some rifles were not damaged in time and were seized by Lin Danhan.

Lin Danhan imitated the people's salvation army, aimed his gun at Wang Erniu and others, and pulled the trigger.

In the end, there was naturally no response.

By this time, the bullets had been used up.

Fumbling to pull the bolt, Lin Danhan whispered to himself, should he load gunpowder from the back?

After a little hesitation, Lin Danhan decided to go back and study it. Now it is better to completely wipe out this group of people's salvation army and then plunder Zhenyuan Pass.

Lin Danhan looked at the Salvation Army falling one after another on the city wall, and an excited smile began to appear on his face.

Haha, they finally defeated the Salvation Army once, although the losses were somewhat heavy.

However, it was worth it to obtain this new type of fire gun and plunder Zhenyuan Pass.

Just when Lin Danhan imagined that his troops were all holding rifles, invincible, roaming the grasslands, destroying the Later Jin Dynasty, and rebuilding the glory of their ancestors, he suddenly heard a series of gunshots from the south of Zhenyuan Pass.

"Pa pa pa"

The crisp and distant gunshots came from afar.

To Lin Danhan and others, it was no less than the roar of the devil and the call of hell.