In Ningxia Prefecture, from Lingwu County to the north, on the road leading to Zhenyuanguan, 10,000 Wei soldiers were marching north rapidly.

In the face of the Qing army's attack, the Wei army divided the area for defense, and Zhao Daxian led a town of soldiers to defend the Great Wall from Lanzhou Mansion in the west to Dingbian County in Yan'an Prefecture in the east.

Because he didn't know which pass the Qing army would enter the Kou, Zhao Daxian could only divide 10,000 horses and horses to deploy in various passes and border forts, and agreed that if the Qing army met the pass, he would release smoke during the day and light a fire at night to report the military situation, and he would lead 20,000 horses and garrison troops in Lingwu County, ready to reinforce each pass at any time.

After the wolf smoke was transmitted to Lingwu, Zhao Daxian immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses, and rushed out of Lingwu to the north.

The three battalions of Wei soldiers and soldiers trotted forward, their clothes and armor rubbed loudly, and the officer on horseback stood beside the official road, looking at the team like a long dragon, and urged from time to time: "Speed up." ”

The soldiers of the Wei army did not dare to hesitate, the soldiers held weapons in their hands, trotted forward, and only saw iron helmets and weapons on the official road, with the sound of footsteps, undulating forward.

Zhao Daxian was dressed in iron armor, riding a horse in front of the infantry army, looking back at the team from time to time, with an anxious look on his face.

"The army must rush to Zhenyuan Pass before the Tartars break through the pass, if the Tartars rush into the pass, then the Governor will not be able to stop the Tartars at all." Zhao Daxian had a calm face, turned his head and said to the general: "Tell the brothers, if you hurry up, you must rush to Zhenyuan Pass tomorrow~"

Li Jiyu, the general next to him, nodded, and was about to pull out his horse to urge the soldiers, but his face suddenly changed, and the horsewhip pointed at the north, "Governor, look!" ”

Zhao Daxian looked up, and his face suddenly turned cold, "It's not good, Zhenyuan Pass has fallen!" ”

In the wilderness to the north, thick smoke is spreading to the south, and in the blue sky, the black pillars of smoke are very conspicuous.

The first time the Wei army released smoke was a warning, and the second time it smoked meant that the pass had fallen.

"Governor, what now?" Li Jiyu's face showed panic.

In the whole of Ningxia and Lanzhou, there is only one town of soldiers, and they are distributed all over the place, if the Tartars are blocked outside the Great Wall, the Wei army can still use the pass to resist, but the Tartars break through the pass, the Wei army will take care of one and lose the other, and it is difficult to deal with it.

It's like a mad beast that has broken into a room full of porcelain, and the owner can't protect all the porcelain.

In the land of the two prefectures, so many states and counties, the Qing army will definitely suffer huge losses locally.

Zhao Daxian's expression was serious, and he didn't answer Li Jiyu's words, but asked urgently, "Which city is closest to here?" ”

"Returning to the governor, the army is between Zhenyuan Pass and Pingluo County, sixty miles to the north is Zhenyuan Pass, and twenty miles to the south is Pingluo County." Joining the army from the martial arts academy, he took out the map and looked at it, and immediately replied.

Zhao Daxian didn't discuss with anyone, so he immediately broke off, pulled the reins of his horse and said: "Send scouts to Zhenyuan Pass to investigate, and the army will immediately turn around and go to Pingluo quickly!" The Tartar cavalry rushed, and the army was in trouble. ”

The Tartars broke through the border, and the 10,000 Wei troops greeted them, but they could not stop the Qing army, and they could be eaten, so the army could only enter the city first, avoid the Tartar cavalry, and then report to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and mobilize troops and horses to surround the Tartars who broke the border.

On the official road, the chess and card officials galloped against the advancing soldiers, the horse's hooves rolled up yellow dust, and the cavalry rushed against the flow of people, while shouting loudly: "The governor has an order, the army turns around, and goes to Pingluo City quickly!" “

The Wei soldiers who were advancing gradually stopped, and the rear of the three battalions of the Wei army immediately changed to the front team, and the army turned around and began to rush back again.

……

Of the 2,000 Wei troops in Zhenyuanguan, only a few dozen fled south, more than 100 were captured, and all the rest were killed by the Tartars.

The corpses were all over the wall, and at the doorway, the corpses were stacked on top of each other, one pressing the other, broken knives and guns all over the ground, and the foaming blood flowed out, converging into a crimson stream, making the ground muddy.

The Tartars who entered the pass, stepped on the ground where the blood was not over the instep, and threw the corpses that blocked the gate to both sides, and the wrappers groped on the corpses of the Wei soldiers who died in battle, turning out some copper dollars and pieces of paper.

They took the copper yuan into their arms, discarded the pieces of paper at will, and began to pick up the clothes and armor of the Wei army again.

After the Qing army entered the customs, it became rich for a while, but because it failed to occupy Jiangnan, the finances were always in a state of deficit.

The weapons and armor of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops have not been replenished much in recent years, and the equipment of the green battalion soldiers is even more rudimentary to the point of issuing a gown and a broken hat, and the things on the Wei army are basically useful to the Qing army.

When the clothes were looting, the Eight Banners soldiers carried blood-dripping knives and mended the corpses of the Wei army that were all over the wall one by one to ensure that the Wei army was all dead.

At this time, in the doorway, a large number of Qing cavalry, horses' hooves clattered into the fish, and the gate tower on the doorway was still burning, and the black smoke column went straight into the sky.

Ao Bai rode into the pass, frowned and looked at the burning Guan Lou, and then looked at the Qing army who was still picking up the corpses, and scolded loudly in Manchu: "There is money and grain in the south, and the army will go south immediately, and it is not allowed to stay!" ”

Wei will set fire to the Guanlou to warn the prefectures and counties to the south, and the government of Western Wei will definitely take the people into the city or organize the people to flee south.

If everyone runs away, where will they go to grab money, food, and women?

Moreover, the reinforcements of the Wei army should be rushing to Zhenyuan Pass, the Wei army is hiding in the city, and it is difficult for the Qing army to capture it for a while, but they run out, that is, they are looking for death.

Now the army should immediately rush south and defeat the Wei reinforcements.

As soon as Ao Bai gave an order, the Qing army on the gate immediately withdrew, and the corpses were not cleaned up, so they joined the army and hurried south together.

……

More than 40,000 Qing troops broke through the pass, and the war horses galloped southward, and under the rolling iron hooves, all the villages along the way were slaughtered.

As soon as the three battalions of soldiers entered Pingluo City, the Qing army's vanguard was killed under the city.

At this time, at the head of Pingluo City, Zhao Daxian held the wall battlement, looked out of the city, and saw a figure of people coming all over the ground, and his face became heavy.

"Don't worry, since the army has entered the city, the Tartars can't help us!" Li Jiyu looked at the dense cavalry of the Qing army outside the city, and was also a little frightened, but more than 10,000 people were hiding in the city, and even if there were 100,000 Tartars, they would not be able to defeat them for a while.

"Ben Governor is not worried that the Tartars will attack the city, but that they will not attack the city." Zhao Daxian's expression was solemn, and he suddenly asked, "Did the cavalry who reported the news be sent out?" ”

"It's been sent out a long time ago!" Li Jiyu replied.

Outside the city, Ao Bai and Mu Lima rode horses and stood under the banner, observing the city of Pingluo with a clairvoyant mirror, and saw that there were many flags and flags on the city, and soldiers with spears stood on each wall battlement, and their brows were slightly furrowed.

"Protectors, how to fight?" Murimamo shook his fists.

Ao Bai pulled the reins of his horse and ordered: "Command the army, continue to the south!" ”

The Qing army's entry into the Kou this time was different from the previous battles of the Qing army after entering the customs.

After the Qing army entered the customs, all the battles fought were aimed at occupying the city and unifying the world, but this time it was completely different, but returned to the strategy of Huang Taiji.

The goal of the Qing army this time was pure plunder, not asking for any city to be taken, nor to defeat the Wei army, but to plunder Guanzhong and destroy the people's livelihood in Guanzhong.

After the order of the Ao worship army, the Qing army walked around the city and continued to advance southward, sweeping the countryside while looking for an opportunity to kill the division.

For a time, beacon fires broke out in the northwest land, and people fleeing everywhere.

On the official road to the south of Pingluo, nearly 100 people pushed wheelwheels, drove mule carts, and helped the old and the young to walk.

Suddenly, the horse's hooves rumbled in the north, and hundreds of Qing cavalry galloped in, and the people on the official road immediately exclaimed, and one by one they were frightened by the cavalry that suddenly entered and scattered, ran down the official road, and fled in all directions.

The Qing cavalry chased and killed, and cut down when they saw someone, and the Qing soldiers cut off a woman's head, and the blood splashed on the face of the little girl next to her, and she was immediately frightened and cried, and another Qing soldier rushed over, with a fierce smile on her face, controlled the war horse, and stepped on it directly, and trampled the little girl into a pile of meat in a moment.

The Qing cavalry scattered in pursuit, slashing with swords, shooting with bows and arrows, and more than 100 people were slaughtered in a moment.

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