Immediately followed by the sword players of the Yongwei Battalion, they also rushed out and slashed the Liukou soldiers with their swords with the general soldiers of Mingshanxi, almost killing them all, leaving not a single one! After the war, when the Yongwei battalion cleaned up the battlefield, the commander-in-chief of Mingshan asked the soldiers to select important materials and equipment, and the rest of the insignificant items should be lost, after all, the sound of firearms shooting spread far in the forest, and there was no resistance from any soldiers in the Shenchikou Fort.

At the same time, the troops stationed nearby on the Shun army also heard the sound of guns in the northeast, and when the news reached the ears of Emperor Dashun, he guessed that the Ming army suddenly turned around and headed east, could it be that he wanted to return to Ningwu to guard the palace of a thousand households? After all, this is the only level nearby that can be defended, if you go north; First, it will be pursued, and secondly, Zhou Yuji is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty is unlikely to abandon the country, with these two points, Emperor Dashun deduced that the Ming army must have withdrawn into Ningwu to guard the thousand households?

As a result, the Liukou army also turned all the troops, and the battalions and cavalry marched to the east one after another.

At the beginning of Shen Shichu, the governor of Dashun, the general of the right battalion of Dashun, and the Marquis of Dashun Ruhou were the first to arrive at the next mile of the city to set up a formation, and the shieldmen of the Shun army were on the left and right wings, the fire team was in the middle, the cavalry was in front, and the archers were in the back, but the artillery battalion of the Shun army, which was slow to march, had not yet arrived, but the Dashun Ruhou, who was anxious for fear of being robbed of his exploits, began to speak: "The three armies obeyed the order to launch a general attack on Bugu. ”

This move was immediately opposed by the general of the right battalion of Dashun, and he said solemnly, "Lord Marquis, Ning Wu guards the city of Qianhusuo 10 meters high, and the city defense is strong!" If there is no fortified artillery, let alone climb the city wall, even if it is close to the city, it will become a target for the Ming army's gunners and artillerymen! And this pass was built in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period of Zhao was originally a city to defend against foreign Yi, coupled with the Ming Dynasty Chenghua 11 years, Hongzhi 11 years, Zhengde 9 years, Longqing 2 years, Wanli 34 years of successive maintenance of city defense, so that this city has become the first of the three passes of Taiyuan Mansion, do not be careless! ”

The red lady who accompanied the army on the side also echoed: "Lord Marquis, you are eager to make meritorious contributions, the slave family can understand, but you are not in a hurry for this time and a half?" ”

After hearing this, Dashun Ruhou immediately became a little unhappy with a straight face, and he sneered, "Li Gongzi, when did you become like a little girl?" Knowing that he was humiliated, the general of the right battalion of Dashun still tried his best to persuade Dashun Ruhou not to attack the city first, but he didn't listen at all, so he ordered the heavy cavalry of the Shun army to replace it with a three-eyed gun to shoot.

The red lady knew that this person loved face and no one in his eyes, so he didn't bother to persuade him to quietly watch him command the army to attack the city, the Ming army in the city because it had just entered the city, and it had not had time to set up heavy artillery so that the light sub-mother cannon and the god machine cannon were transported to the city to open fire, among which the general army of Mingshan West also let the Ming Ning military guard deputy envoy: Wang Zhenmao, presiding over the transfer of the city, after all, his own "general army of the town" is inconvenient to be in charge of all the soldiers and horses, if you command it, I am afraid that the generals are not very convinced, But the deputy envoy of the Ming Ning military is different, he has an official position, and he can suppress generals such as Qianhu and deputy Qianhu.

But I don't know that the deputy envoy of the Ming Ning military garrison is a person who does not know how to fight and set up a formation, as soon as he goes up to the city tower, he is frightened by the arrows shot by the rogue and squatted under the battlements for a long time and does not dare to stand up, fortunately, all the generals have the task to guard the four gates and the east gate, respectively, by the Ming head thousand households to guard the east gate, the Ming Shanxi general army to guard the west gate, the Ming old camp thousand households to guard the north gate, and the Ming Ning Wu thousand households and Baode staff to guard the south gate (main gate).

Therefore, the offensive of the Liukou in this battle was quite fierce, and the firecrackers and archers continued to cover the city tower with lead bullets and arrowheads, and the Ming army also continued to bomb the city, causing the soldiers of the Shun army to attack half a pillar of incense for a long time without any progress, but also suffered heavy casualties and damaged three ladders.

Seeing that the city could not be attacked for a long time, the Marquis of Dashun slowly relented, ordered the soldiers to retreat, and sent people to report the news to the Dashun Emperor who was marching to the squadron.

As soon as the herald rode halfway down the road, he met the ironclad cavalry of the Dashun pro-guard army (this is the escort of the Dashun Emperor, just like the Daming brocade guard), and saw the Dashun heavy armor soldiers carrying the black tiger Shun flag and the white-green "耑" flag coming head-on, and the herald immediately dismounted and ran over and asked, "Your Majesty, can you be in the army?" ”

I saw Dashun heavy armor soldier pointing behind him and said, "Your Majesty is enjoying with Queen Gao on the imperial sedan chair!" If there is anything to say, just tell the mighty general of the Xijing Weiyou! After hearing this, the herald had to go to the mighty general of Dashun Xijing Weiyou, Feng Xiong, who was protecting the holy car, to report the information that Ning Wu had been unable to attack the Qianhu for a long time.

He has always been ruthless, he decided to let the Emperor Dashun kill the Ming army, so he took the herald and deliberately fabricated the Ming army's contempt for Li Thief (Li Zicheng), after Queen Gao came out of the royal car, the mighty general of Dashun Xijing Wei took the opportunity to walk on the royal car, and half-knelt in front of the curtain and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the three generals of our army were all severely injured by the Ming general Zhou Yuji, and the Ming general also called me Dashun no one, Your Majesty is like...?" ”

Seeing that the generals didn't dare to finish their words, Emperor Dashun asked, "Like what?" "Dashun Xijing Weiyou, the mighty general, deliberately made up: "Say that Your Majesty is like a straw bale? only knows pleasure and plunder, and is not popular with the people at all! After hearing this, Emperor Dashun was so angry that he quickly stood up, opened the curtain, and scolded angrily: "What a Zhou Yuji, you actually said that I am a straw bag? All right! I want you to see how my Dashun heavy armor soldiers set foot on you, Ning Wu guarding the palace of a thousand households, and spread the order of my army to "slaughter the city if it does not surrender for five days". ”

The mighty general of Dashun Xijing Weiyou, who received the military order, immediately turned around and asked the soldiers to inform the forward troops to shoot arrows into the city for the Ming army to see, hoping to make the general army of Ming Shanxi surrender to surrender?

However, the soldiers of the Ming army felt a little strange after receiving the inexplicable letter of persuasion, so they handed the letter to the general soldiers of Ming Shanxi to read.

Of course, the general army of Ming Shanxi will not be frightened by the offensive of the Liukou, but still think that the Liukou is out of luck? He laughed and said, "Everyone, let me tell you a piece of news, the general has already written a letter to the herald to send it north to Datong Mansion, I believe that there will be reinforcements to save me soon, and now as long as we persist, we will be able to survive this catastrophe unharmed." ”

The deputy envoy of the Mingning military garrison sitting in the lobby immediately praised: "With General Zhou here, the commander can rest assured, and there will be you in the defense of the four gates!" After saying that, the deputy envoy of the Ming Ning military garrison went out of the thousand households to the treasury to check the materials, and the general Ming Baode and the general of the Ming Shanxi side persuaded Zhou General to make plans, and beware of the deputy envoy of the Ning Wu military garrison, after all, the generals in the thousand households knew that he had a general record and was afraid of the enemy, which made people feel that they might have the intention of surrendering to the enemy?

In addition, there is not much ammunition left for the current warehouse equipment! Therefore, the generals of the Ming army began to persuade the Shanxi generals to change their strategies and not to blindly fight hard, but they were categorically rejected by the Ming Shanxi generals (all the army is loyal), and his idea was to fight to the death with the enemy head-on.

He also came up with a plan to "deceive and surrender"; Set up an ambush in the city, lure the enemy into the city with weak pawns, this move was unanimously approved by the generals, but in the end he hesitated when choosing people: Yin Shihai, led a hundred people with letters to put down the drawbridge and walked out of the city towards the camp of Liukou.

When the rogue soldiers patrolling here saw the Ming army coming, they hurriedly stood on guard, drew their sabers, pointed at them, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Ming Biaotou Qianhu said very frankly: "I am on the order of the Shanxi General Soldier to surrender to His Majesty the Emperor of Dashun, in order to show our sincerity, we will take Ningwu on the city to prepare the deputy envoy to Dashun, and ask you brothers to take me to see your Majesty." "I heard that the other party is here to surrender? Only then did the Liukou soldiers relax their vigilance and take them to see Emperor Dashun.

The ecstatic Emperor Dashun accepted the surrender of the Ming army, but there was still some resistance to the Ming army's request to enter the city, after all, this is a very dangerous thing, but it seems that it is not enough to think about it and finally decided to send it, and the Dashun Huyazhang Brigade in front of the account went on his behalf.

When he came to the moat bridge, he walked in front of him, raised his hand and made a gesture? The Dashun Huya Palm Brigade behind him just felt wrong? I saw rows of Ming troops armed with bows and arrows and firearms in the city aiming at themselves, and began to shoot at the Liukou under the order of the deputy envoy of the Ming Ning Military Guard, and the Ming Biaotou Qianhu next to him also pulled out his saber and killed more than 1,000 Liukou together, and also killed the fleeing Dashun Huyazhang Brigade with his own hands.

Due to the stubborn resistance of the general army of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Dashun once again had the idea of giving up the idea of attacking Ningwu and defending the Thousand Households, and he said to the generals, "Since the Eastern Expedition, I have not encountered any difficult battles, but this Zhou Yuji can really be described as a talented person of the Ming Empire!" I have lost tens of thousands of people in Dashun, and I am heartbroken, and I need to think about the long-term plan to return to the east! However, the generals of the 36th Battalion of Dashun under him repeatedly insisted on avenging the dead Shun brothers, and the Shangshu of the Dashun Military Department and the Marquis of Dashun also actively persuaded Emperor Dashun to launch a fierce attack on Ningwu Shouyu Qianhu.

This time, the Shun army camp was ordered by the Dashun Linqu male to pick up the mallet, and began to beat the drum to cheer (bang, bang, bang, bang) The drum gradually spread to the four directions, the Shun army artillery fire in front of the formation sounded at the time, and the fierce artillery fire made the city wall of Ningwu Shouyu Qianhu continue to collapse, and a solid cannonball shook the Ming army who transported the ammunition to the ground, but despite this, the Ming army generals of each battalion still fought back steadily with guns.

The front team of the Shun army charge was just shot by the Ming army's gunners, and the Shun army of the rear team immediately followed up to replace it, under such a cycle of wheel warfare offensive, the Shun saber players and heavy armor soldiers finally broke through the city defense of Ningwu to defend the thousand households and successively broke the south gate and the east gate, after the Shun army entered the city of the thousand households, the general army of the Ming Dynasty continued to command the soldiers of the Yongwei battalion to fight with the enemy in the streets.

Wearing chain mail and wearing a Wanli helmet, the general soldiers of Ming Shanxi rode a war horse, first raised a gun to shoot the Liukou, and slashed the Liukou soldiers in the replacement of silver (goose wing knife) and slashed the Liukou soldiers to stab the armor and stabbed three people to death, but unfortunately were stabbed down by the Liukou halberd soldier and fell off the war horse from above, and then continued to fight on foot to kill the Liukou, and was shot by the Liukou crossbowmen in the fierce battle 10, wearing the chain mail of the transparent Shanxi General Soldier! He was also captured by the Shun saber player on the neck, and the Marquis of Dashun Mian saw that he was a general and wanted to persuade him to surrender, but although the general soldier of Zhou vomited blood, he still scolded loudly: "You and other rebels want to kill them, no need to say much!" ”

The enraged Liukou soldiers strangled the Ming Shanxi general soldier: Zhou Yuji, strangled his neck and pulled him back to hang on a high pole to shoot him to death with random arrows, and cut the rope to cover his body with a horse rope around his feet, hands, and head (dismemberment), but it is a pity that a generation of loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty died in the hands of the Liukou!