In the dim moonlight, a sharp sword and spear, the cold glow, cut through the cold arc in the air, and where the blow fell, there was blood and flesh flying, and the body was in a different place, screaming again and again.

More than 4,000 cavalrymen of the Tang Army, who were frantically pursuing, mercilessly brought a terrible death to the rogue soldiers who were fleeing in all directions like a nest of ants.

Seeing that the Tang army had already premeditated, taking advantage of his own chaos, he sent cavalry to chase and kill, and Liu Zongmin, who was closely guarded by a group of personal soldiers, was filled with anger and almost fell off his horse.

"The Tang Army who entered the dog is really fucking vicious!" Liu Zongmin gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "I hate that many elite soldiers in Dashun have been slaughtered like this, and they have no power to resist!" ”

However, although Liu Zongmin could only watch his soldiers being slaughtered by the Tang army, he was slightly relieved that because the moonlight was dim, which was not conducive to the sight of the Tang army, most of his soldiers fled smoothly, and they quickly disappeared into the darkness in the distance like a group of rabbits fleeing in all directions.

Liu Zongmin and the others originally planned to quietly march behind the palace and retreat with the army, but then they suddenly found that there was a large group of Tang cavalry who were shouting and rushing towards them.

As this group of Tang cavalry approached, with the help of the faint moonlight, Liu Zongmin was surprised to find that these Tang cavalry were actually wearing the armor of the Manchurian cavalry, and the big copper bubble rivets on their yellow cloth armor were very conspicuous.

"Oh my God! It's Manchurian soldiers! ”

Among the guards next to him, someone exclaimed, obviously, such a scene was beyond everyone's imagination.

What's going on? Didn't it mean that the Qing army wanted to join itself in attacking the Shanhai Pass where the Tang army was stationed, how could there be Manchurian cavalry fighting with the Tang army?

However, before everyone could react, a large number of Manchurian cavalry, like the grim reaper in the night, let out a beast-like roar and rushed towards Liu Zongmin's troops.

"Quick! The whole army stepped forward and tried to stop them desperately! ”

Seeing this Manchurian cavalry rushing like a whirlwind, Liu Zongmin was shocked and hurriedly ordered the guards beside him.

Hundreds of escort cavalry rushed forward with a roar, and fought with the Manchurian cavalry that was coming from the attack.

Soon, more Liukou cavalry and Tang cavalry entered the battle, and the two sides formed a circle formation with each other, killing people and neighing, and the battle was very fierce.

Liu Zongmin did not hesitate any longer, personally patted his horse into battle, and fought with the Tang cavalry that was getting closer and closer.

After the two armies fought for a while, the Tang army began to gradually gain the upper hand, and Liu Zongmin's troops began to be overwhelmed, and there were signs of retreat.

Hearing those beast-like Manchurian words, Liu Zongmin was terrified in his heart, and after struggling to smash open a fierce tiger knife, he suddenly thought in his heart, himself, the commander who commanded the 150,000-strong army, should not die at the hands of these beast-like Manchurian cavalry in such a state of slump in this dark night.

If you die here like this, you can really be regarded as capsizing in the gutter and going home......

Speaking of which, Liu Zongmin's life is great, and finally at this critical moment, after seeing the slaughter scene for a while, he finally waited for his own savior.

That is, when the left battalion and the right battalion saw that the middle camp was on fire, they immediately commanded troops to come to the rescue, and the two rescue soldiers came with torches one after another, but they were like two long dragons moving quickly. Two long fire dragons were rapidly gathering closer to the middle camp.

Seeing that two reinforcements were coming, the cavalry of the Tang Army, who had been exhausted and enjoyed, finally stopped the unilateral slaughter, and the whole army quickly retreated north. The Tang army, which was engaged in the battle with Liu Zongmin's troops, also stopped in time and quickly withdrew, leaving only the rogue cavalry still panting in place and the bloody corpses in a place.

When the Tang cavalry withdrew, the Tang army auxiliaries hiding in the grove had already retreated early, they had thrown all the earth-shaking thunder they had brought, and then began to skillfully dismantle the trebuchet, and then quickly took the dismantled trebuchet and quietly retreated north back to Shanhaiguan.

When Liu Fangliang and Li Guo came to the middle camp that burned into a sea of fire with two quick reinforcements, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them. At this time, the cavalry and auxiliaries of the Tang Army had all withdrawn and there was not a single scene.

A near-perfect night attack, the Tang army was completely victorious, and Dashun was completely defeated.

Except for more than 100 cavalrymen, because they had just fought with the cavalry of the Shun army who attacked, and when they fought with Liu Zongmin's escort cavalry, they were sacrificed and lost in the battle array, and the Tang army basically did not suffer any major battle losses in this night attack, and the whole result was perfect.

Correspondingly, the losses of the rogues are much greater.

After Liu Zongmin counted the battlefield and collected the defeated soldiers, he found that the entire middle battalion had lost more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the ordnance and reserves in the battalion had been burned by the raging fire.

Facing Liu Fangliang and Li Guo, Liu Zongmin was extremely ashamed, he subconsciously avoided the inquiring eyes of the two and did not look at each other.

For a while, the three of them met, and it was an embarrassing silence.

"Alas, I didn't expect that the Tang army was really bold, and really sent troops to attack at night, but the commander was negligent in guarding against it, thinking that they would attack the camp by themselves, but he never thought that they would attack the camp with fire bombs first, and then outflank it with cavalry, and finally let our army lose more than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and almost burned the materials in the middle camp, which is really hateful!"

In the end, it was Liu Zongmin himself who broke the silence, and after he said these words, he slapped his thigh fiercely with a look of remorse.

Liu Fangliang and Li Guo glanced at each other in a complicated manner, and both sighed unconsciously.

Seeing Liu Zongmin's remorseful expression, Li Guo comforted him: "Liu Shuai, the matter has passed, so don't be too sad and blame yourself." Fortunately, we waited in time, and the cavalry of the Tang Army was afraid of our army's strength and retreated in a hurry, which was already very fortunate. ”

"What's more, compared to my 150,000 army, the loss of more than 5,000 troops is really not much. What's more, most of our army's logistical baggage is in the left and right two battalions, and although the middle battalion was burned thoroughly, there was no large loss of ordnance, food and other materials. Liu Shuai is relieved, and it is not too late to take revenge on the Tang army when he recovers his strength in the coming day. ”

Hearing Li Guo's consolation, Liu Zongmin's face turned slightly pale, he sighed, gritted his teeth fiercely and said: "Cough, it's all because Ben Shuai was confused for a while, and he didn't listen to the words of the Marquis, so that today's defeat is great, now that I think about it, how much regret I have!" Pity my more than 5,000 soldiers, who died in such a humiliating manner at the hands of the Tang Army, now that I think about it, it really destroys my liver and intestines! For their deaths, I, the coach, have no escapable responsibility. ”

Speaking of this, a hideous look appeared on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph, let the Tang army of these dogs be proud for a few days, when the city is broken in the future, this king will definitely kill all the Tang soldiers and horses in the city, and there will be no chickens and dogs!" ”

After saying the cruel words, Liu Zongmin next ordered the whole army to retreat ten miles overnight and re-encamp in Antun to avoid the advance of the Tang army.

When the Liukou retreated, the Tang army, which had withdrawn to Shanhaiguan, was already jubilant, and everyone was immersed in the joy of the successful night attack.

Hauge saw that these returning soldiers soon had the civilian officials of the Supervision Department to count the war exploits, count the casualties, and then give rewards and pensions according to the law, and the whole work was in good order and not chaotic at all.

Tang Jun's institutionalized operation of rewards and punishments made him fresh and surprised, and he sighed secretly.

In contrast, the Qing army's military exploits statistics and personnel pensions seem to be in a primitive state, and the Tang army has won a complete victory in the system.

He suddenly felt with sorrow that it would be a terrible thing for him to turn against such a strict and orderly army that was extremely disciplined in everything.

The next day, Liu Zongmin dispatched troops to cut down all the woods south of Shanhaiguan, leaving not a single tree. He did this, firstly, to make siege equipment, and secondly, to vent his revenge for being attacked by the Tang army.

And three days later, 100,000 Qing troops, under the personal leadership of the regent Dorgon, finally came to the north of Shanhaiguan.

Standing about a mile away from the outermost ditch north of Shanhaiguan, Dolgon, with Azig, Abatai, and a group of guards, looked at the world's first majestic pass in front of him.

Looking at this majestic fortress that prevented the Qing army from entering the pass for decades, Dolgon felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

The lieutenant generals Azig and Abatai next to them also had complicated expressions.

Of the two, Azig in particular had the strangest expression on his face. Because of the failure to capture Shanhaiguan some time ago, his face, in addition to helplessness, was a little more resentful.

"Some time ago, Liu Zongmin's gang was attacked by the Tang army at night, the whole army retreated in disarray, the camp was destroyed, and more than 5,000 defeated soldiers were killed by the Tang army, you all know it." Dolgon looked at the majestic pass and said to the two of them with a blank face.

Azig and Abatai looked at each other, but neither said a word.

"Hmph, Liu Zongmin, knowing that the Tang army had already taken precautions, and the deputy general Li Guo also came to persuade him, but he still held it so big, and it was not unjust to have this result. Only then, our army should take warning. Dorgon said with a sneer.

He then said coldly: "Pass on the king's order, the whole army is camped ten miles away from the north gate of Shanhaiguan, and personnel are arranged to patrol every day, and all the nearby woods and other shelters are cut down, and the Tang army must not be given a chance to take advantage of!" ”

"Hey, I'll do as I was told."

Azig and Abatai surrendered their hands together, and then pulled their horses and retreated, and went to arrange for their soldiers to settle down and camp.

Dolgon stared at the north gate of Shanhaiguan for a while, and then he also wanted to pull his horse back. At this moment, he heard a thunderstorm from behind him.

"Dolgon! You're a thief! Lao Tzu vows to kill you and avenge my whole family! ”

Hearing this, Dolgon's face changed dramatically.

He quickly pulled out his horse and turned around, and saw that the north gate of Shanhaiguan had been opened with a bang, and Haoge, dressed in golden armor, was leading a group of Manchurian guards, and walked out of the door angrily, until he stood still outside the second ditch.

"Oh, it turns out that you, a thief, took refuge in the Tang Army, and now you have come to Shanhaiguan......" Looking at Haoge with an angry face in front of him, Dolgon's face finally squeezed out a weird smile.

"Huh, surprised, right? It's just that a certain family's life should not be extinguished, and now he is working for the Tang Army, and he is about to take revenge for your dog's life! You are so ruthless, you actually accused me of rebellion and harmed my whole family's life, and a certain family swears to stand with you! I will definitely break your body to pieces, and avenge this sea of blood for my whole family! Hauge gritted his teeth and finished speaking, with an expression on his face that wanted to eat him alive.

Dolgon stared at his resentful expression that was almost distorted, smiled faintly, and said slowly: "Okay, Hauge, then let's talk nonsense, goodbye on the battlefield, this king wants to see, when the time comes, whether you die or I die!" ”

He paused, then smiled and said, "Hauge, you remember, if this king captures you, you will definitely die a bad death!" You will definitely be killed by a thousand knives as a bastard who rebelled against the imperial court and betrayed the Qing Dynasty and betrayed your ancestors, and let the shaman do the trick to let your soul go to hell forever and reunite with your family! ”

As soon as Dorgon had finished speaking, he said no more, and immediately returned to his horse. 、

Hauge was so angry that he took his bow and arrow, and shot it forward, and the sharp arrow, with a chirp, shot past Dolgon's face.

Dolgon's face tense, and without looking back, he quickly pulled out his horse and withdrew into the formation.

The two armies of Qingshun and Shun, because of the blockade of Shanhaiguan, can only use the way of third-party flying pigeons to send letters, this way, in order to prevent the carrier pigeons from being shot down by the Tang army, so they use the method of bypassing Shanhaiguan and transmitting information to each other by a third party.

However, after several days of repeated communication, Liu Zongmin and Dolgon finally reached an agreement and agreed on a time to attack.

That is, they decided to wait patiently in the camp, and after waiting for five whole days, they waited for a day of heavy rain and began to attack together.

The reason why such a time was chosen is that both sides of Qingshun know that the Tang army's firearms are very powerful, and if they attack in a normal time, they are afraid that the casualties of the soldiers will be very large, and this kind of attack will undoubtedly only outweigh the gains.

And now is the summer season, the land of Liaodong is very rainy, if you wait patiently for a few days, wait until a heavy rain day to start the attack, then the Tang army's firearms can not be waterproof, its garrison ability is undoubtedly greatly reduced, in this way, they can come to attack again, can greatly reduce the casualties of their subordinates, so that they can rely on the advantage of troops, the Tang army in Shanhaiguan, the north and south flanking all to be eliminated.

On this day, the cloud curtain hung low, the heavy rain continued, and almost at the same time from the north and south, there was a deafening sound of trumpets and drums, and the Qing army and the Dashun army launched an attack almost at the same time.

Looking down from the sky, on both sides were endless black soldiers, lined up in a neat array, like a tide, and marched towards Shanhaiguan.

For this attack, Liu Zongmin and Dolgon both thought that under the condition that the Tang army was raining so hard, their firearms were afraid that they would become useless burning sticks.

Correspondingly, under the combined impact of the Qingshun forces on both sides, a total of more than 200,000 troops, in fact, the Tang army was powerless to resist at all.

Moreover, compared to Liu Zongmin in the south, Dolgon has a lot of eyes.

He demanded that it be necessary to wait until the Dashun army in the south engaged the Tang army, so that the Tang army's defense focus would be shifted to the south, and the Qing army would start to attack again.

He hoped that by doing so, he would minimize the casualties and losses of his own soldiers.

It's just that Dolgon's careful thinking can really achieve what he wants?