Li Laiheng's war horse was already difficult to see its original white mane, it had been dyed red.

Sure enough, the combat power of the white flag was extremely strong, and when it reached the center, Li Laiheng had a maximum of 400 people, and more than 100 elites were killed.

These natural killers are killed, and it's a pity that they weren't born to be killed, they came into this world to kill. But when they encounter the elite soldiers led by the killing genius of a new nation, some of them have to stop their killing careers abruptly.

Dolgon realized his mistake, he should not have used the yellow flag, nor should he use the white flag against Li Laiheng. He should have only one option, his guards are the only opponents of the enemy. But his guards can now only be bystanders.

Dorgon ordered. The yellow flag is pursuing northward, and the white flag is pursuing northward. But the white flag was glued, and they couldn't get out of Li Laiheng's elite knife. Suddenly an urgent letter was delivered to Dolgon, and he opened it, his brow furrowed, and his face was both worried and happy, but at last he could not help but smile.

The document came from the front, and an urgent message came from the vanguard advancing to Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui asked the Qing soldiers to enter the customs tonight. Because Li Zicheng will definitely attack tomorrow.

Here Li Laiheng's troops have not been wiped out, and it cannot but be a small pity. But the 10,000 infantry who broke through to the north, the farther they went north, the closer they were to death, there was the core area of the Manchus, the post-Jurchen nation where all the people were soldiers, and it was not a matter of concern to eliminate a lone infantry, not to mention that Zhenghuang Banner still had a day and a night of pursuit time, and the remaining troops in Shengjing would also go south to block it.

There are still more than 300 elite cavalry in front of him, but they are already tired, and at the end of the so-called strong crossbow, the guards who left Wuniulu will entangle them.

Dolgon appointed a staff leader to lead five assistant commanders to continue to pack up the remnants of Li Laiheng's troops, and the others followed him into the pass quickly, and they were going to destroy Li Zicheng's main force tomorrow. Eliminating Li Zicheng's main force is the most exciting thing for him.

"Out of the fight!"

The execution of Dol's Qing soldiers was very strong, and the troops who were stuck by Li Laiheng quickly broke away from the battle, and the gap they left was quickly filled by Dolgon's guards, and the Wuniulu guards left by Dolgon were determined to entangle Li Laiheng's more than 300 men. This was a correct order from Dolgon, and only his guards could fight against Li Laiheng's elite.

Dolgon himself was gone, he didn't pay attention to Li Laiheng's existence, he thought that the 300-strong troops, no matter how elite they were, could not withstand the attack of the guards with five times the strength. He calmly marched towards Shanhaiguan.

The dream of hundreds of years will once again come true in his hands. As the regent of the emperor's father, Dolgon has already purged his political opponents internally, Hauge has completely collapsed, and the Shunzhi Emperor, who is less than ten years old, has a very early day of pro-government. In the past few years or more than ten years, Dorgon has made a great deal of success. Their ancestors only occupied half of China's rivers and mountains, and he was ready to unify the whole of China within the territory of the Qing Dynasty. He Dolgon wants to be the master of China.

Li Laiheng understood that the Shanhaiguan war was imminent, and he could not return to Li Zicheng's aid. He also understood that Li Zicheng was about to defeat Shanhaiguan.

Li Laiheng looked around his troops, since the defeat of Tongguan in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, his elite has once again plummeted to less than three hundred. The three hundred people were tired, but the murderous aura in their eyes was even stronger. It could no longer be consumed with these three hundred men and Dorgon's guards.

Dolgon has already marched towards Shanhaiguan, between Li Laiheng and Dolgon, there are 1,500 guards, breaking through this guard, Li Laiheng's elite will be reduced by half. Such a deal is too cost-effective.

"Destroy the enemy in motion. ”

"Li Zicheng's defeat and Shanhaiguan cannot be changed. These two sentences popped up in Li Laiheng's mind.

"Break through to the northwest!" Li Laiheng ordered.

The chief of staff of the Guards was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: Why do you want to flee to the northwest? Well, if you go to the edge of the sky, Lao Tzu will eat your three hundred people.

Li Laiheng's cavalry was soon out of the effective range of the Guards' sharp arrows, but they did not give up and pursued them closely. Mongolian horses are not fundamentally different from Western war horses, they have their own strengths. Li Laiheng's troops could not maintain the superiority of war horses for a long time. Forage, physical strength, all have their limits.

"Hold them tightly and don't let them out of our field of vision, so that they are not ambushed and do not give them a chance to rest. ”

Dolgon's chief smirked. In the wilderness outside the fortress, this was the place they were most familiar with, dragging down and exhausting this group of enemies. Li Zicheng's main force set up a camp on the southwest bank of the Shihe River. Li Zicheng himself, about two or three miles away from the main battlefield, set up a royal camp in the northwest of Hongwadian, where there is a ruined temple, where the main generals are ordered.

Song Xiance made an introduction to tomorrow's troop arrangement, saying: "Li Guo's main battlefield is the south bank of the Shihe River, and because the Shihe River is shallow, there is no question of whether to cross the river or not, and that is the center of the field battle. It is worth noting that there is a lot of artillery fire on Shanhaiguan, among which there are two Hongyi cannons, which are extremely powerful, so Li Guo cannot set up the formation for too long, and once he attacks, he must quickly intertwine with the enemy. ”

General Li Guo should also note that although the morale and military quality of the Dashun army are high, Wu Sangui's army is the Guanning army, which is a battle-hardened army, which is obviously different from the ordinary Ming army, so it is necessary to be prepared for a tough battle. When the progress of the main battlefield in Shihe was blocked, Gao Yigong's troops were put in at the right time and paid attention to the flag of Hongwadian. ”

"The main force of the Red Tile Shop is led by Liu Zongmin, the Marquis of Ruhou, which is a possible second battlefield, and it may also be the key to victory or defeat. The generals who followed you should pay attention to the formation not to be confused, and to be resolute and resolute when killing the enemy, and not to let the enemy attack the top of the mountain where the emperor is located. ”

After talking about the main deployment, they guessed about the situation on Li Laiheng's side. They speculated that if it went well, Wu Sangui's grain and grass should have been burned to the bottom on the side of Jiang Numiao. Since it was a south wind all day today, the soldiers in charge of watching and watching couldn't see the smoke clouds in the sky in the direction of Jiang Nu Temple, so I don't know if it burned over there?

Li Zicheng was very worried about whether Li Laiheng's side had completed the task, and he was even more worried about Li Laiheng's safety. According to the scouts' report, there were no major military movements in Shanhaiguan, and their own men were still waiting at the Nine Gates, and no enemy reinforcements were seen. The more there is no movement, the more worrying it is. It stands to reason that Lee Lai Heng should be able to complete the task, and he has not really failed in the past few years. Of course, every time between now and tomorrow, there may be good news from there.

There is no point in talking too much about unfounded things, if Wu Sangui's grain and grass can't be burned, Li Laiheng will also send someone back to report, and it is agreed that tomorrow will tackle the problem, and they will also respond at the pass, or return to the army from the nine gates. Originally, attacking Jiang Numiao and using mountain warriors had two meanings, one of which meant that they could raid and harass along the Great Wall built on the ridge and disperse the enemy's forces.

"Over there in the Jiang Nu Temple, there is Lai Heng leading the troops, so there is no need to worry. ”

Liu Zongmin's big throat suddenly said, "I'll talk about tomorrow's battle." Tomorrow will start with an onslaught, and it will have to be fought in one day, two days at most. The goal is to annihilate Wu Sangui, seize Shanhaiguan, and if it doesn't work, also cripple them, so that it is impossible for them to attack and harass our Dashun army again, and then appease them. ”

"The Shanhaiguan must be defeated within a day or two, the reason is very simple, I am very worried that Wu Sangui has colluded with the Qing soldiers, once the Qing soldiers enter the customs from Miyun and Xifengkou, we will still have time to rush to Beijing, but if we can't attack the pass for a long time, Li Yan will not be able to defend Beijing. So we will take Shanhaiguan in one go tomorrow. ”

"Is it possible for the Qing soldiers to enter the customs directly through Shanhaiguan?" Li You rarely spoke, and today he suddenly asked.

Where did the Qing soldiers enter the customs? Li Zicheng and others seldom considered this. It is more convenient for the Qing troops to enter the customs from the Miyun area, and it is also the route they often pass through. Is it possible for them to enter the customs through Shanhaiguan? This is a question.

Song's intelligence system has no reports in this regard. There were cases where some Qing soldiers marched along the Great Wall, and the last time Li Laiheng eliminated five Niulu's enemies, this kind of outpost. It is correct to say that the Qing soldiers have sent troops, and it is also correct to say that the Qing soldiers have not sent troops. At least the Qing troops sent troops from Shanhaiguan without any intelligence support.

Li Zicheng hasn't officially spoken yet, it seems that he is not very interested in these things, he is interested in another thing.

"Military advisor, is General Wang Guozhong reliable?" Li Zicheng suddenly asked the name of a stranger.

"Reliable, once General Li Guo tightens the enemy's main force, General Wang Guozhong will raise the flag of rebellion from Shanhaiguan, and then we will attack in an all-out way, and victory is in sight. Song Xiance said.

"Oh!"

This is an excited exclamation, and this hand, there are still people in Shanhaiguan to respond? This is of course exciting, and it is expected to seize Shanhaiguan. There aren't many people who know that there is someone answering the gate. It's not a secret that we're going to take over tomorrow, it's time to tell everyone.

Wang Guozhong was a general who Song Xiance asked Tang to rebel, this person was not a descendant of Wu Sangui, and he had always been brave in fighting against the Qing soldiers, and he was unwilling to surrender to the Manchus. This time, Wu Sangui borrowed troops from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there were several mentalities among his generals, most of whom were worried, and some were resolutely opposed. But it is impossible for them to change the facts, and to speak out against it means to be killed and purged. Therefore, Wang Guozhong was succeeded by Tang Tongce. He has more than a thousand infantry in his hands, and he is a thousand generals. This is one of the reasons why Li Zicheng has a lot of confidence in attacking Shanhaiguan.

On April 21, the shelling began. All the soldiers of the Dashun army had a full meal before dawn, and the war horses were fed. The drums of the red tile shop beat in unison. The soldiers and horses stationed in the distance quickly assembled towards the southwest bank of the Shihe River, and some of them moved closer to the red tile shop. The soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui in Xiluo City were mixed with the sound of horns, human voices, neighing horses, and war drums.

Soon on both sides of the Stone River, the armies and horses of both sides attacked. On the northeast coast, Wu Sangui's 30,000 Guan Ning army marched to the southwest. In the southwest, Li Guo's 30,000 cavalry attacked to the northeast. At first, the two armies stepped on the drums, not in a hurry or in a hurry. After the first round of firefighting, both sides shouted the order almost simultaneously: "Charge!"

The army of sixty thousand was soon intertwined.