Chapter 439: Escape
There was a dead silence on the walls of Shanhaiguan, and the power of the arson bombs was not small, and the city was burned with thick smoke.
In the cold weather, the city wall was a little scary, and Shang Kexi's general Jin Guang couldn't stand such an atmosphere, and said: "Lord, let's go down to the city and fight, and die a happy death." β
"Shut up, so many of us will be killed, and if we break through to the north, can we still be completely annihilated." It was Shang Zhixin who spoke, and Jin Guang could only swallow his anger.
This Shang Zhixin has been a demon king of the world since he was a child, with a brutal and arrogant temperament, no matter who he speaks to, he dares to speak disrespectfully, especially after every time he gets drunk, wanton killing, beating and scolding his slaves is even more commonplace.
One day, Shang Zhixin, a drunken young man, suddenly saw the palace eunuch with a big belly, and he asked with a smile: "Your belly is so big, there must be many treasures hidden in it, let me see it." Before he could finish speaking, he drew his dagger and stabbed the palace eunuch in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground and die instantly, without even having a chance to escape.
After Shang Ke was pleased to be crowned Prince Pingnan in history, because he was afraid of his son, he wrote several times to request that he be transferred back to his hometown in Liaodong for retirement.
This time, Shang Zhixin's words won the approval of the Qing soldiers on the city wall, and the number of troops transported by sea to the outside of the pass will not be as large as the hundreds of thousands of troops outside.
Shang Kexi looked sideways and looked around the city wall, and all of his men had the intention of fighting to the death.
The battle reached Liaodong, and these people are no longer what they were when they fought in the Central Plains.
Jin Guang took a deep breath and said, "Lord Wang, what the prince said is right, we still have 20,000 soldiers, and there is still a chance of life when we rush down the pass." If we die waiting for reinforcements here, I am afraid that we will be trapped and killed in the city by Hou Xuanyan, and our food has been burned to the point that there are only one or two days left. β
Shang Kexi's eyes opened suddenly, and he said sharply: "If Shanhaiguan is lost, where is Liaodong still safe?" It was only a matter of time before the door was wide open and someone was cornered again. Now that we are crucified in Shanhaiguan, we can still block the hundreds of thousands of troops outside, otherwise no one will be able to cure them if we put them outside the customs. β
The generals listened to him, as if they were going to defend the Shanhaiguan Pass and wait for reinforcements. Intellectually speaking, Shang Keg's words are indeed very reasonable, giving up Shanhaiguan is equivalent to giving up the biggest barrier, and no one dares to say that they can defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army under the pass. Those people are imposing, well-armed, abundant in food and grass, and what is even more fatal is that they have a high fighting spirit. But when people reach this point, they often seek temporary comfort, and no one wants to sacrifice their lives.
A nameless anger surged in Shang Zhi's confidence, and he didn't even care about his own Lao Tzu's face, and scolded: "My life is gone, I don't care what those do, what is it if I lose a Shanhaiguan, we have all hit Fujian, and the Ming Dynasty has not turned over." Killing the king of Jinzhou and Pingxi joined forces, and there was no chance. It's a big deal to retreat to Manchuria, why should we die here for the sake of the Tartars, if we want to die, we will die together. β
Shang Kexi's face stiffened, but he was silent, and when the generals saw this, they went to see the golden light one after another.
Jin Guang stubbornly said: "Lord Wang, what the prince said is very reasonable, and the brothers also want to guard the Shanhaiguan, but everyone is dead, and this pass will still fall into the hands of Hou Xuanyan." Now that the reinforcements of the King of Pingxi have been defeated by the Ming army that came ashore, I am afraid that there will be no changes if they wait any longer. β
"Lord Wang, break through!"
"Lord Wang, don't hesitate."
"Shizi is right."
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Jin Guang saw that he was loosening, at least not as resolute as before, and took advantage of the situation and said: "Then Hou Xuanyan besieged but did not attack, I am afraid that he had already set a poisonous plan, and I was afraid that we would fight to the death." He wants to consume us to death in the city, our branch is one of the four feudatories, and getting rid of us is equivalent to cutting off an arm of Liaodong, which is far more important than getting Shanhaiguan. Lord Wang, if you don't make a decision, I'm afraid that you will fall for Hou Xuanyan's plan. β
Shang Kexi's quick wit and strategic vision are not weaker than those ancient generals, but he only lacks one thing, that is, integrity.
This kind of person will not give up his life and forget death for anything, and will always only think about his own gains and losses first.
He fully understood in his heart that although guarding the Shanhai Pass at this time was a life of death, it was also the last chance for Liaodong.
"Gather the soldiers and prepare to break out." When these words were spoken, there was a burst of cheers on the city wall, but Shang Kexi's face collapsed.
From now on, there is no longer that wall, which pass can block the army outside...
The battle of trapped beasts is the most dangerous thing in the world, and when these Liao soldiers received the order to break through, their eyes lit up like hungry beasts. People only have one life, try to ask who spares their lives, the hope in the desperate situation is in front of you, the north side of the gate of Shanhaiguan is opened, and more than 20,000 people rush out of Shanhaiguan where they have been guarding for three months, as if seeing the light of day again.
Li Haoxian was leading his troops to pursue the Guangning reinforcements at this time, and he didn't know the movement behind him, and when he found the Qing soldiers, Shang Kexi had already led these screaming Liaodong soldiers to kill them.
Li Haoxian held the paulownia gun in his hand, suppressed the restless heart that was eager to try, and sat still and watched them rush to the north.
Shang Kexi was also surprised that this army of soldiers and horses did not stop him, and he had no time to think about it at this time, so he hurriedly fled north.
When Li Haoxian came, Hou Xuanyan repeatedly told him that if Shang Kexi abandoned the pass and fled, the first goal was to quickly occupy Shanhaiguan and not fight with them.
First, these soldiers and horses were transported by the sailors, isolated and helpless, and once they were encircled by others, it was a dead end. Second, if the soldiers and horses of Shang Kexi are fleeing for their lives, they must be desperate, there is no need to fight with this group of madmen for a short time, take Shanhaiguan, and have a chance to fight them.
After letting Shang Kexi go, Li Haoxian led his troops to Shanhaiguan, which was completely abandoned by them, and the gate was completely open.
Li Haoxian sent people in to investigate, and after a while, he climbed to the city wall and shouted: "General, there is no one inside." β
Loud cheers erupted, and the fortress had trapped them for three months, and finally it was taken. In the face of such a mountain-like majestic pass, everyone had concerns that it was difficult to fight, and it was finally overcome.
In the big tent outside the gate, Hou Xuanyan was about to come with another wave of arson bombs, when a pro-soldier rushed in outside, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, Shanhaiguan has been taken!" β
Hou Xuanyan rushed outside with an arrow step, and the generals in the tent also caught up, and Hou Xuanyan looked forward with a clairglass mirror on the lookout, and sure enough, Li Haoxian's soldiers and horses were looking down at the city.
The rock-solid door was slowly opened, Hou Xuanyan lowered his hands and said to Yan Yingyuan, Du Yinxi, Zheng Zunqian and other generals behind him: "In the next thousand years, when Han'er reads history books, he will be full of ups and downs for today's achievements of you and me, and he will be surging!" β
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