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The attack of Li Yan's troops still surprised Wu Sangui. It came too quickly, a day or two earlier than he thought, and at this time, the Liao people outside the customs were not completely ready, only a small part of them had left the customs, and many more had not been gathered in various places.

In just one day, Qian'an, Luanxian, and Lulong fell one after another, and the Luanhe defense line, which had high hopes, did not work at all. Tang Tong and Gao Di's armies were the fastest to rout, although Wu Sangui's army wanted to hold on for a while longer to buy their fellow villagers more time, but in the face of Li Yan's artillery and cavalry, they really couldn't hold on.

Funing County, City Gate Tower.

"Eldest brother, I tried my best, but there was no way at all." Tang Tong arched his hand and said: "That cannon is powerful, two hundred steps away, it is like a hailstorm, and the soldiers can't hold out for two rounds before they collapse." Finally, when Lu Long wanted to hold on to the city, only one hour later, a corner of the city wall collapsed. Those Liao people still don't have to worry about it for now, and Li Yan won't kill them all. ”

Wu Sangui was a little stunned, although he knew that the Qing army had suffered a loss, but it was really his turn, and he also felt that it was difficult to accept. For those Liao people, he can't just give up, many of them are the families of his generals and soldiers.

Tang Tong saw that Wu Sangui didn't speak, so he arched his hand and said, "Eldest brother, then I will leave first." ”

"Why should Brother Tang leave in a hurry, it's okay to resist here with me for a while?" Wu Sangui pleaded: "Brother Tang's troops only need to have a scene on the city wall, and I will personally lead the army to defend against the enemy outside the city." ”

Tang Tong refused in frustration: "I brought 10,000 soldiers, and only more than 3,000 came back with me at this time, and my vitality was greatly damaged, so I really can't help my eldest brother." However, I will wait for my eldest brother in Shanhaiguan City. ”

In fact, he only brought out 5,000 soldiers, and there were still 10,000 troops in Shanhaiguan. is about to go out of the customs to become the county king of the Qing court, how can he gain a foothold without some strength? Moreover, Wu Sangui has 10,000 horsemen, and it is convenient to run if he is defeated. Like him, only a thousand cavalry ran back with him, and the rest were infantry. If he loses, he will lose the most in the end.

Even Wu Sangui did not bring out all the troops to block Li Yan, and he also left 10,000 troops in Shanhaiguan. Now there are still defeated soldiers who have fled back, of which more than fifty percent are Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses, and the remaining fifty percent are Tang Tong and Gao Di's people. Gaodi's troops were not many, almost all of them stayed in Shanhaiguan, and only sent 2,000 people to help.

In fact, not all of their subordinates wanted to surrender to the Qing court. Except for those family members, these ordinary soldiers are just eating with their mouths, and they can't even support their families. They knew that Li Yan could divide the land there, so the soldiers of their families in the pass took the opportunity of the rout and surrendered directly to Li Yan's troops. Therefore, the defeated soldiers who run back are much fewer.

Wu Sangui saw that Tang Tong was unwilling to cooperate, so he could only let Tang Tong leave. However, he arched his hand and said: "Since this is the case, then Sangui will not be forced to stay." However, please Brother Tang bring a letter to the Qing army, asking them to enter the customs immediately to help. ”

"Okay, don't worry, eldest brother, I will definitely convey it to the Qing army."

By the evening, one of Wu Sangui's cavalry teams had finally returned. But they only came back with a dozen rides, more than half less.

"Uncle Yu," the captain inhaled in pain and said, "Li Yan's men and horses have arrived at Sunjiabao, there are probably more than 10,000 of them, with a lot of baggage, and there are two or three thousand cavalry. ”

Wu Sangui frowned and asked, "What's going on?" ”

The captain reported: "Although Li Yan's cavalry sentry only has a team of more than ten cavalry, their handcuffs are very powerful, and they shoot while fleeing, and the brothers have suffered seven or eight casualties. When we approached Li Yan's troops, their brigade of cavalry chased after them. Fortunately, we were all double riders, and we wore double armor in our humble duties, so we escaped, but there were more than a dozen brothers missing. ”

Wu Sangui reluctantly ordered: "You go to the medical officer to take a look." ”

His family cavalry team is a real elite soldier, and his kung fu is not weak, with a team of fifty people. Even in the battle with the Qing army, a team of men and horses could be used as an arrow force, but now it was easily wiped out by Li Yan's cavalry more than 20 horsemen. And such an elite family, he only has twenty teams of one thousand cavalry, but Li Yan has two or three thousand cavalry, which makes him feel huge pressure. He finally believed that the Qing army was forced to withdraw from the Guanwai, which was also a helpless move.

The next day, Wu Sangui finally came up with a solution. He divided the 6,000 cavalry into three teams and took turns to go out to harass Li Yan's troops. Although Li Yan's troops were only twenty miles away from here, under the attack of the cavalry, it should take two or three days to reach the county seat. As long as he has time, he can let more Liao people withdraw from the Guanwai, and as for defeating Li Yan's troops, he doesn't want to.

But before the end of the afternoon, Li Yan's team arrived at Wulipu. Moreover, the harassing cavalry he sent out suffered a lot of casualties.

It turned out that Wang Renfu first sent the entire cavalry as the vanguard, and the infantry followed behind. They knew that Wu Sangui had a large number of cavalry, so they set up a hollow phalanx as soon as they came out of the Lufeng Pass. Although the speed of progress has slowed down, the safety is guaranteed.

When Wu Sangui's cavalry came to disturb him, the cavalry brought Wu Sangui's cavalry over and let the artillery deal with it. The cavalry was five or six miles away from the phalanx, and the artillerymen had ammunition in their guns, which could be fired as long as they were fitted with leads, so the artillerymen had enough time to react.

Although Wu Sangui had told his cavalry not to come close to within two hundred paces if Li Yan's army was ready. However, the cavalry were somewhat arrogant, and there were Li Yan's cavalry in front, so they felt that they had a chance to break up Li Yan's military formation.

Li Yan's cavalry suddenly bypassed both sides, exposing Wu Sangui's cavalry to artillery fire. However, Wu Sangui's cavalry was also proficient in horsemanship, and as Li Yan's cavalry divided into two roads, they continued to chase after them, and the casualties were not large.

But this is when they suffer the heaviest casualties. Their flanks were completely exposed to the shotguns of Li Yan's artillery, and the dense projectiles came towards them in groups, killing and wounding many of the cavalry close to the military formation. The rest of the cavalry could only go around in the distance.

But at this time, Li Yan's two cavalry did not slow down at all, and after staggering past each other, they chased after Wu Sangui who had fled. The handcuffs were fired again and again, knocking down the cavalry of Wu Sangui who was lagging behind.

However, this place is too close to the county seat, there is not much room to run, and it will soon meet other cavalry sent by Wu Sangui. Therefore, Li Yan's cavalry could only pursue for a while before they had to stop. Then they gathered and waited for Wu Sangui's cavalry to come over again.

Wu Sangui watched his cavalry suffer a blow from the top of the city, and he could only send people to gather all the cavalry back to avoid greater losses.

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