The sky gradually darkened, and the Qing army had been attacking the city for more than three hours. The Qing army under the pass has already lit torches, and the pass is as bright as day. But now there are few fires on the wall, because it is the elite of the Qing army that is besieging the city, and the casualties of the Ming army defending the city have reached 3,000, and there are still people there to light torches.

There was no defensive battle in this pair, and three thousand men were killed and wounded in just three hours. However, the casualties of the Qing army were not small, and the corpses of the Qing army under the Shengjing Pass had already piled up a foot high. According to rough estimates, the casualties of the Qing army were also close to 5,000.

The Qing army, which had retreated before, had rested for two hours. Seeing that the Qing army still couldn't capture the Shengjing Pass, Wu Guogui went to Xia Guoxiang again and said: "Prime Minister of the State, let me take three thousand soldiers up, I don't believe it, how is this a small Shengjing Pass, we just can't beat it." ”

Xia Guoxiang was still looking at Luo Keduo, but only Du Lan kept looking at Guan Ningjun's side, and the others didn't look at Guan Ningjun at all. Xia Guoxiang saw that Wu Guogui came to ask for war again, and said: "Okay, you bring another 3,000 troops up, but remember, this is the last guarantee of the prince, and you can't lose the army too much." ”

Wu Guogui said: "Don't worry, I know the severity, I will definitely take the victory level as soon as possible." Then he said to Guan Ningjun in the line: "If you are not afraid of death, follow me, and lay down the victory pass earlier, so that the injured brothers can heal." ”

Guan Ningjun, who was pointed out by Xia Guoxiang, suddenly shouted and ran out with Wu Guogui. Guo Liai, who was closing the emergency everywhere, was covered in blood and felt that his two arms were no longer his own.

As soon as Guo Li Ai cut down a Qing soldier, he heard a shout from Guan Xia and looked up. I saw that another army came out of the Qing army under the pass, and it was coming to the victory pass. Guo Liai doesn't even have the strength to complain now, but shouts in his heart, "It's over, Lao Tzu is going to explain here." ”

Guo Li thought in love, and he didn't know where he had a strength, and shouted: "Zhu Youdong, you cheated Lao Tzu." Then he shouted to the surrounding Restoration Army: "Brothers, fight with the Qing soldiers of the dog day and kill all of them." ”

The soldiers of the Restoration Army on the gate were also red-eyed, and almost all of them were wounded. Looking at the remaining 1,000 or so defenders at the Shengjing Pass, Xiong Yansheng also smiled bitterly: "It seems that I am going to explain here today." ”

At this time, Zhao Xian, who was defending at the east gate, came over with five hundred people to support. When Guo Li Ai saw it, he immediately scolded: "Zhao Xian, Lao Tzu asked you to guard the east gate, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Xian said: "Commander, when we are still alive after the battle, you can scold me again, if you lose here, what is the use of us guarding the east gate?" Guo Li said angrily: "Then you don't care about the east gate?" Have you forgotten how we managed to conquer the Victory Pass? ”

Zhao Xian said: "I also left five hundred people there to defend. Guo Li Ai said: "Five hundred people are a fart, the Qing army that came this time is different, you look at us here, about the protection of the wall, it only took three hours to kill and wound 3,000 people, what is the use of your five hundred people?" ”

At this time, Xiong Yansheng came over and said: "Don't quarrel, it's okay to leave five hundred people to guard the east gate, we only have about a thousand people here, the Qing army sees that there is another new force to join, our defenders here will definitely not be able to stop it, now there are five hundred more people and better, hurry up and defend." ”

After Xiong Yansheng's words, Guo Li Ai didn't say anything, beckoned to Zhao Xian, and asked him to defend. Zhao Xian joined the defense with 500 fresh troops.

Guo Li Ai said to the injured soldiers of the Restoration Army under the pass: "If you are bandaged, as long as you can still move, all of them will get up and defend, quickly, the Qing army will soon have a new army to join." ”

Many of these defenders were Qing soldiers who had surrendered before, and now they were wounded. Before he had time to rush for treatment, Guo Liai came to call everyone up to fight again, and suddenly said unhappily in his heart: "I said general, we are still injured, if you don't understand us, forget it, and actually tell us to go up and continue to defend now, doesn't this make us die?" ”

When the others heard this, they immediately echoed it, and now that the Qing army outside has another 3,000 fresh troops, many people are already timid. No matter what Guo Li Ai said, these wounded soldiers just didn't go up, seeing that the newly joined Qing army had begun to climb the wall, Guo Li Ai was anxious to burn his eyebrows, and no one was willing to go up.

At this time, it turned out that Ding Yunfu, Cheng Dequn's personal soldier, was reorganized several times, and later followed Zhu Youdong to Duyun, and now he was promoted to the garrison of Guo Li Ai's army. The 600 people in his hand were almost finished, and seeing that Guo Li Ai said no matter what, these wounded soldiers were unwilling to go up to the wall to defend. Immediately said angrily: "Commander Guo, you just let them go, even if they stay, what is the use?" Taking advantage of the fact that there are no clear soldiers outside the east gate now, let them go out of the customs directly. ”

Guo Li Ai saw that these people just didn't want to go up to defend, and he had no choice but to say: "If you don't go up again, I will let the overseer team engage in your military law." ”

Those wounded soldiers suddenly reluctantly said: "Phew, you know that we are here to be powerful, we killed the Qing soldiers and were injured, and no one has treated us yet, and we still want to go up and fight, is this not clear for us to die?" ”

When Guo Li Ai heard this, he was immediately blocked and had nothing to say, and was about to call the Inspector to escort these people to the wall to fight. At this time, there was a cheer on the wall, and many Qing soldiers shouted "Long live the Qing Dynasty." ”

Guo Li Ai suddenly had a bad premonition, and when he looked back, sure enough, the Qing army had set up a position on the wall and erected the flag of the Qing court on the wall. Guo Li Ai hurriedly left these wounded soldiers, and rushed up with the guards to drive the Qing army down.

However, the position of the Qing army was already firm, and no matter how Guo Liai and others rushed to kill, they could not break through the position of the Qing army, and they could not drive the Qing army off the wall, and the banner of the Qing army had been erected on the wall. When the Qing troops under the pass saw that their banners had been erected on the wall, their morale was greatly boosted.

On the other hand, on the side of the Restoration Army, seeing that the Qing Army had already established a solid position on the wall, no matter how the surrounding Restoration Army attacked, it could not drive the Qing Army down, and the morale of the Restoration Army suddenly dropped a lot. The soldiers who were fighting bravely just now seemed to have all the tiredness coming, and the strength to swing the knife was not enough. For a time, the Restoration Army was defeated by the Qing Army, and many Restoration Army was cut to the ground by the Qing Army.

The wounded soldier, who was resting on the side just now, saw this situation and immediately got up and ran towards the east gate. Soon after, someone came to report that the wounded soldiers had opened the east gate and fled. And those soldiers of the Restoration Army who were resisting the Qing army, when they heard the news, many people immediately looked around, ready to run away.

At this time, there were Qing troops rushing up on the entire wall, and the Restoration Army was retreating to the pass step by step. Seeing that the Qing army was about to capture the steps behind the wall. If you wait until the Qing army comes down, the gate is opened. Then the Qing army will rush in, and the Restoration Army will no longer have a chance to counterattack.

Seeing that this victory was just around the corner, Wu Guogui, who attacked the wall, Hu Guozhu was overjoyed. As long as the gate is opened and the Qing army brigade enters the pass, the casualties of the Guanning army can be stopped.

Seeing this, Wu Guogui and Hu Guozhu both shouted angrily, asking the soldiers to rush and kill desperately, as long as they got down the wall and opened the gate, they would be considered successful. The Fuming Army was still making its last efforts, Guo Liai, Xiong Yansheng, Ding Yunfu, Zhao Xian and others were all roaring, and their voices were already hoarse and they didn't pay attention.

The Restoration Army defending the East Gate only left twenty people to guard, and others also came to support. But for the overall situation, it is still a drop in the bucket, and it is simply a matter of changing the status quo in the house. Ding Yunfu roared angrily, desperately swinging his knife and slashing, but there were more and more Qing troops around him, and it seemed that he couldn't finish killing no matter how he killed.

Just hacked one to death, and two more came up, Ding Yunfu is now dry in mouth, feeling that the knife in his hand weighs a thousand catties, and the speed of chopping is getting slower and slower. As soon as he blocked the knife cut by a Qing soldier, another Qing soldier on the right stabbed him. Ding Yunfu tried his best to move his body to the side, and finally avoided the vital point, but the Qing soldier's knife still passed through his armpit.

Ding Yunfu suddenly couldn't stand still, and rolled down the steps directly. was caught by Zhao Xian in the back, and then hugged to the guards behind, but now there are still people there who can come and take over. At this time, Ding Yunfu shouted: "Leave me alone, go and stop those dog-day Qing troops." ”

Guo Liai and Xiong Yansheng, who had already retreated to the bottom of the wall, came over to hold Ding Yunfu and said: "Let's retreat now, our defenders are less than 1,000 people, and we can't hold it anymore." ”

Ding Yunfu glanced at the Restoration Army that was compressed under the wall, and also the Qing army that kept pouring in on the wall, and said sadly: "Master Hou, the last general is sorry for you, the victory pass has been lost." ”

Guo Liai and Xiong Yansheng hurriedly said: "Let's go, it's not that we don't do our best, it's true that the Qing army is too powerful." After speaking, he took Ding Yunfu to the east gate, and the other soldiers of the Restoration Army also turned around and ran towards the east gate when they saw it.

Zhao Xian saw that everyone else was retreating to the east gate, and he would soon become isolated and helpless, so he had to take the people around him to start withdrawing to the east gate. When the Qing army in the city saw that the Restoration Army began to retreat, they did not immediately chase after it, but turned around and ran to close the gate and open the gate.

At this moment, there was a sudden shouting and killing sound from the east gate, and the sound of countless people running, as if the ground was trembling. The Qing army did not know who came from the east gate, because they had never heard of anyone who could climb over the mountains on both sides and appear at the east gate.

Because the Restoration Army had the lead in climbing over the mountains on both sides, it suddenly felt that the Qing army must follow suit, and sent troops from both sides to the East Gate to attack on both sides. Guo Liai and Xiong Yansheng suddenly turned pale, and Guo Liai said: "It's over, I can't run away, I didn't expect the Qing army to send people to cross the mountains on both sides." ”

Just when Guo Li Ai was desperate, the guards running in front glanced at it with some disbelief, and said to Guo Li Ai with great joy: "My lord, no, it's our reinforcements, it's Master Hou and they came to save us." ”

Guo Liai hadn't heard it clearly, but Xiong Yansheng understood, and asked: "What you said is true, is it really Hou Ye who came to save us?" There was no need for the guard to answer, Zhu Youdong's banner had already appeared in front of Xiong Yansheng's eyes.

The first to attack was Anyang, who went to Pu'an Prefecture with Zhu Youdong, and because Anyang performed very well in Pu'an Prefecture, it opened the city gate for the Restoration Army as scheduled. Zhu Youdong also kept his promise and promoted Anyang to 1,000 households, and now leads more than 2,000 troops.

I saw Anyang with a large army, like a tiger out of the cage, rampaging in the ranks of the Qing army, and the momentum of the Qing army's offensive was instantly stifled. There was a steady stream of soldiers of the Restoration Army rushing out, and the defenders of Shengjing Pass, who were still retreating just now, were suddenly overjoyed, and turned around and killed into the crowd of Qing troops.

Seeing the continuous retreat of the Qing army's defense line, Wu Guogui, who had already arrived at the pass, shouted: "Go and open the gate and let the army enter the pass." At this time, the Qing soldiers reacted and hurriedly ran to open the door.

Seeing this, Zhu Youdong, who rushed over from behind, also shouted: "Kill all these Qing soldiers, quickly, they want to open and close the door." Shouting and ignoring the guards' obstruction, he drew his waist knife and entered the Qing army.

Daniel Zhang, who surrendered, was originally very reluctant to cooperate with Zhu Youdong, but in the month with the Restoration Army, he was indeed impressed by the Restoration Army's combat enthusiasm and combat effectiveness. In addition, the Restoration Army did it, as they sang in their military discipline songs. So now Daniel Zhang is also desperate to fight with the Restoration Army.

Although Zhu Youdong did not give Daniel Zhang any official position, Daniel Zhang was still willing. Together with the surrounding Restoration Army, they entered the Qing army. Daniel Zhang rushed all the way to kill, and there was no one general around the Qing soldiers. The Fuming army that followed Daniel Zhang was also like a wolf into the flock, and followed Daniel Zhang straight to the city gate to kill.

Wu Guogui saw that Daniel Zhang had already killed in front of him with people, and immediately stepped forward with his guards to block it. As soon as the two fought, Wu Guogui immediately recognized Daniel Zhang and shouted: "Daniel Zhang, you are crazy, how did you surrender to the enemy." ”

Daniel Zhang was also a little surprised when he saw Wu Guogui, and said, "Wu Guogui, aren't you Wu Sangui's subordinate?" Why did you suddenly come back to Guizhou, but you still led people to climb the wall and attack the city. ”

At this time, Hu Yiqing next to him yelled at Daniel Zhang: "Daniel Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about, quickly kill and block the gate." When Daniel Zhang heard this, he immediately gave up Wu Guogui and was about to kill at the gate. But how could Wu Guogui let him pass, he immediately raised his knife to block it. He also roared in his mouth: "Daniel Zhang, you are a good general under Hong Chengqing, the future is immeasurable in the Great Qing Dynasty, at this time Qianming is already in the west of the mountain, seeing that the national fortune is exhausted, aren't you killing yourself?" ”