Due to the fact that a large number of officials in the Ming Dynasty have surrendered over the years, and everyone is used to seeing the surrender, Badali and Serguling have no suspicions at all. Immediately, they all thought that the Manchurians wanted to monopolize the money of the Han people, and both of them were in a hurry.

Serguling said: "Lord Badali, we should immediately send troops and go south to Tongcheng." In half a day, we will be able to reach Tongcheng. I think that in just half a day, the Manchurians will not be so quick to divide up such a huge amount of money. ”

"Yes," said Badali, "we will go south immediately, and if we are late, there will be nothing." Badali hurriedly said to his general, Mel Zhangjing Jueluo Erde of the Eight Banners of Mongolia: "Jueluo Erde, you immediately go and gather the army, and let the army immediately set off to the south."

All the great armies of the Mongols were led by the leaders of each tribe itself. Therefore, Badali's orders were issued in a hurry, but the assembly of the army was very slow. Seeing the anxious Badali, Ser Guling said: "Lord, or we don't care about the formation, just let the army set off." From here to Tongcheng, walk ten miles to the south, and you will enter the mountains. When you enter the mountains, even the best formation will be chaotic. ”

Badali thought about it, and Seguren's words were indeed true, and immediately said: "Okay, let the leaders of the various tribes set off directly with their armies and organize their formations during the march." It really didn't work, so I went directly to Tongcheng to sort out the formation. Let everyone not rub it off, there will be no silver if you go late. ”

After speaking, Badali took the lead and set off directly with his subordinates. When the other chiefs heard this, they ran out of money when they were late. Immediately, the entire Mongol army bombed the camp, and all the tribal leaders set off directly with the army, regardless of the formation.

Suddenly, the 30,000 Mongolian army ran out of Shucheng County. For a time, between Shucheng and Beixia Pass, thousands of horses galloped. Dust rose from the ground in an instant, and countless Mongolian soldiers rushed desperately. Now everyone is in a hurry to go to Tongcheng to grab the silver, and no one is willing to lag behind.

The city of Shu was inhabited by the leaders of some tribes, and the other Mongol soldiers lived outside the city. Now the entire Mongolian army is crazy, the military camp is shouting, and after finding a few acquaintances, they have run to Tongcheng together.

The chaotic sound of horses' hooves also muffled the hooves of the six thousand cavalry who came around from the Lujiang River. The 30,000 Mongol troops all left Shucheng in only half an hour. Looking at the messy outside the city, there was horse excrement everywhere, and the smell of horse manure filled the entire Shucheng County. Shucheng County Ling shook his head painfully and sighed: "What kind of sin has this been, let these Tartars come to plague the place." ”

Subsequently, the county magistrate found a quick arrester and summoned people to clean up the garbage outside the city. The Mongolian army rushed to the Beixia Pass in an hour, looking at the galloping Mongolian cavalry army, the Qing army generals guarding the pass were only a hundred households, and they dared to block it. The gates were opened early to allow the Mongol army to pass.

But the Mongol army came too suddenly, and the whole team was in chaos, and all the Mongols rushed to Tongcheng. Immediately, the entire North Gorge Pass was blocked. Looking at the endless Mongolian soldiers in front of him, there were still a large number of Mongolian soldiers coming in the distance. The guards did not dare to speak out, let alone not to maintain order. Just gather all your people on the wall, leave the gate, and let these Mongols toss as much as they want.

Just now from Shucheng, the Mongolian army has only taken an hour, and now it has been blocked in front of the North Gorge Pass for an hour and a half. Seeing that it was about to be noon, there were still nearly 5,000 people outside the pass who had not entered the North Gorge Pass. Looking at the Mongolian soldiers outside the pass, the hundreds of households guarding the pass didn't bother to go up to manage it.

Even if he went by himself, it is estimated that these Mongolian soldiers will not listen to him, and he will not be dissatisfied with the Mongols, and he will be wronged if he is killed at that time. In view of this situation, Baihu had no choice but to let his subordinates hide far away, and no one was allowed to go up to do much trouble.

You must know that these Mongols have now entered the Central Plains, and they do not treat themselves as outsiders at all. Sometimes the killing of people is even more brutal than that of the Manchurians. Even when someone came to report that the gate of Beixia Pass had been demolished by the Mongol army, he ignored it.

Now seeing these Mongolian troops, they are finally all about to pass through the North Gorge Pass. Then he stood up and said, "Everyone go to dinner first, and in the afternoon we will start mending the closed gates." After speaking, he left the wall directly, and the others also took a look at the Mongolian army under the wall. They all walked down the wall, and no one cared that there was no gate in Beixia Pass now.

The pass here, since the defeat of the Ming army and the withdrawal of Huguang, the North Gorge Pass has not been used much. It is usually to catch fugitives from the north, and there are also some traffickers who sell illicit salt. The defenders of Beixia Pass have also been repeatedly retrenched, and now there are only 100 of them left, and they have basically been mixed into an organization like the Inspection Department. If you want to say that the army passes by, basically you won't see it for a few years.

By the time the hundred households finished eating and returned to Beixia Pass, there was no Mongolian soldier left in the entire vicinity of Beixia Pass. Just close some of the antlers that were pushed in a haphazard manner, and the closed door that was thrown aside, still telling about the chaos of the morning. The hundred households looked at this scene and said, "Okay, they're all gone, let's clean up first, and reinstall the gate this afternoon." ”

As the hundred households spoke, all the soldiers began to stand up, some to carry the gate that was pushed aside, and some to carry the antlers that were pushed around. At this moment, the soldiers who had just bent down were stunned again. Even the hundred households who had just walked to the side turned their heads to look in the direction of Shucheng.

A Qing soldier next to him said: "Lord Baihu, I seem to hear the sound of cavalry running again, judging from the sound of horses' hooves, I'm afraid there are quite a few people." Among the people who just went to carry the door, one of the Qing soldiers said: "My lord, it must be that the Mongolian army has not yet passed, and I didn't think that there is an army behind me." It's really sad, it's been a good day. ”

Just now, the first Qing soldier said: "Baihu, are we still carrying it now?" If it is destroyed by the Mongol army again, it will be difficult to explain. Baihu said: "It's still a fart, wait for the Mongols to leave and then clean up, now everyone goes up to the wall." ”

Suddenly, everyone threw the things in their hands and ran towards the wall. Because outside the wall, the thunderous galloping sound of the cavalry was already very close. When everyone ran up to the wall and looked outside the city, a large number of cavalry were rushing forward.

Looking at the dust brought up by the running of the army, the hundred households said: "Look at these people, now they are running to the south in a hurry, and they haven't heard that there is a war there, why did they suddenly see so many troops?" You don't have to be in such a hurry to grab money, it's really a hell of a life. ”

As soon as the hundred households finished speaking, a fifty-year-old veteran next to him also followed: "Hey, it's really a hell of a life." Another Qing soldier said with a smile: "I said the old horse head, I haven't usually seen you shoot the sycophants of the hundred households, why did you come here at this time." Do you want the hundred households to give you a holiday, so that you can go to your friend? ”

The other Qing soldiers next to him all laughed when they heard this: "Yo, I didn't see it, the old horse head also began to look for a good look." I don't know which family it is. When the old horse heard this, he was not angry, but waved his hand and said, "Go and go, stay aside." I didn't say anything about asking for leave, I was talking about the Mongol army outside. ”

Baihu sat on the side, originally closing his eyes and recuperating, and he didn't raise his eyelids after listening to everyone's words, but just listened there with his ears propped up. Now when I heard the old horse head say that there was something wrong with the Mongolian army outside the city, I suddenly opened my eyes and looked at the Mongolian army outside the city, but I couldn't see any difference. Seeing this, the hundred households lay down and ignored the crowd.

Qing Bing, who spoke to the old horse head at the beginning, said: "Old horse head, what is the difference?" Hell, I think you're old and dizzy. Be careful, then, that your widow does not want you. The old horse head didn't answer, looked at the army that had run closer, and suddenly shouted: "No, they are not the Mongol army, their military uniform is not right." And they didn't come out under the banner, there must be fraud. ”

The hundred households suddenly straightened their waists and stood up directly. With the reminder of the old horse head, Baihu really found that the army outside the city did not have any banners. The cold sweat on Baihu's body suddenly came down. For the men in front of the army were only a hundred paces away from the gates. At this time, even if the hundred households want to go down and close, it is already too late. What's more, the gate was demolished by the Mongols and thrown aside, and now there is no gate to close.

Baihu looked at the approaching army, and prayed in his heart: "People with such riding skills should be either the Mongolian army or the Eight Banners, don't make any moths." "But what shattered the wishes of the hundred households was that everyone didn't see the army very clearly from a distance, and they could see it when they got closer. This army wore neither the Mongol uniform, nor the Eight Banners uniform.

Baihu roared in his heart: "It's over, it's over, the career I have fought for all my life is gone, and once the pass is lost, military law alone can kill my entire family." The other Qing soldiers suddenly looked like they were mourning, looked at the army outside the city, and rushed directly into the Beixia Pass unimpeded. With the charging and shouting of the army, the army rushed directly into the pass like a tide.

Li Gui and Jiao Hongcao led the army and set off last night. Ran all the way around the Lujiang River, and then turned to Shucheng. The whole army was exhausted by the night's running, and the horses were tired enough. But Li Gui and the others didn't dare to stop, so they had to endure their fatigue and rush all the way to Shucheng. When the army passed through the town of Nangang, they heard the people of the town say that the Mongol army had gone south and left in the morning.

Li Gui and Jiao Hongcao discussed it, and felt that immediately going to capture Beixia Pass now would be equivalent to closing the door for the Mongol army to go north. If they can't return to occupy Shucheng, even if they can't completely annihilate the Mongol army, they must bite them and prevent them from escaping. Immediately, the two of them said they would do it, and they went straight to Beixia Pass with a large army.

When you come; Li Gui and Jiao Hongcao originally thought that they were going to make trouble and attack Beixia Pass. Who knows, from a distance, I saw that the gate of Beixia Pass was open, and there were no clear troops to defend it. This made Li Gui overjoyed, and immediately directly ordered the army to charge, to take the Beixia Pass in one fell swoop before the Qing soldiers reacted.

Things were as Li Gui expected, even better. During the whole process, none of the Qing soldiers came out to stop it. Without spending a single soldier, Li Gui led the army and rushed directly into the Beixia Pass. Seeing that they took the Beixia Pass so easily, the soldiers of the Restoration Army who immediately rushed into the pass felt incredible.

But they were so tired that as soon as they rushed into the North Gorge Pass, many soldiers fell off their horses directly. Lying on the ground and never wanting to move again, the war horse under the crotch also foamed at the mouth because of the long-term running. The whole horse was as if it had just been fished out of the river, looking at the constantly falling war horses, Li Gui suddenly felt distressed. War horses are the second life of cavalry, and this time in order to quickly outflank the Mongol army, at least half of the war horses in the army were scrapped.