Although Emperor Chongzhen did not know the art of war, he also saw the strangeness in it, and immediately asked Sun Chengzong to write a military order, tie it to an arrow, and order the marksman to shoot in front of Zu Dashou and He Kegang respectively.

The tone of these two military orders was extremely blunt, so that Zu Dashou and He Kegang saw it, and they didn't dare to hesitate at all, and immediately waved the army under their command and attacked the two wings of Huang Taiji in two ways.

At this time, the advantages of the Manchurian Eight Banners were manifested.

Huang Taiji saw that the enemy troops on both wings were attacking, and only greeted the soldiers around him twice, and then the two big flags of the blue flag and the blue flag moved in the direction of He Kegang's department on the left wing, and the two big flags of the red flag and the red flag moved in the direction of the Zu Dashou department on the right wing.

Following the direction of the big flag, the two blue flag soldiers and horses and the two red flag soldiers and horses also moved to the two wings respectively and began to engage the Ming army in front of them.

Huang Taiji continued to personally lead the four divisions of the Yellow Flag, the Yellow Flag, the White Flag, and the White Flag, and after annihilating Mangui, he continued to attack the Ming army that broke through the front line.

These Ming troops were originally temporarily assigned to the command of Man Gui, but now Man Gui has been killed again, and even more leaderless, completely without effective organization, can only go their own way, under the impact of the elite of the two yellow flags and two white flags, they persevered in the death of the dead, wounded, and fled without a quarter of an hour, and were relieved of their combat effectiveness.

The battle went so smoothly that Huang Taiji was overjoyed, and he did not arrange for his troops and horses to rest, so he immediately turned around and went to support the men and horses of the two banners of Zhenglan Banner and Blue Banner to attack He Kegang's troops.

He Kegang was fighting with the two banners of Manchurian soldiers and horses, and suddenly the main force of the four banners led by Huang Taiji himself came in front of him, how could he support it? began to fight and retreat to Zu Dashou's side.

Zu Dashou faced the two men and horses of the Zhenghong Banner and the Red Banner that had lost a lot in the battle in the previous few days, but he had some advantages, and he had gained a lot of upper hand over the soldiers and horses of the two banners after fighting for more than half an hour, and if it were not for the Manchurian Eight Banners, which were known for their heroic and tenacious battles, Zu Dashou would have already defeated them.

However, at this time, He Kegang's troops came closer and brought another Manchurian Six Banners soldiers and horses, which was equivalent to making the pressure on the opponent in front of Zu Dashou instantly increase by three times, Rao is he is brave and good at fighting, the elite of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry under his command is abnormal, and there are Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui father and son to assist, but they are still beaten by the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners led by Huang Taiji himself and only have the ability to parry, and have no power to fight back.

Emperor Chongzhen and Sun Chengzong saw clearly from the gate tower of Guangqumen, and immediately ordered You Shiwei and Hou Shilu to lead the soldiers and horses of Datong and Changping to support.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Datong soldiers and the Changping soldiers was originally inferior to the Manchurian Eight Banners and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and they suffered a lot of losses in the previous battles, and they were not the opponents of the Manchurian Eight Banners elite soldiers at all.

Huang Taiji is such a shrewd and wise person, he has long seen that these two so-called new forces that came to support are just strong on the outside and strong in the middle, so he ordered the two elites of the yellow flag and the white flag to resist their not sharp attacks respectively, and he continued to wave the army to attack Zu Dashou and He Kegang in front of him.

In this way, there is such a situation under the Guangqu Gate -

He Kegang, Zu Dashou, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei seemed to be besieging the Manchurian Eight Banners from all directions, but the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners regarded the siege as nothing, not only able to calmly deal with attacks from all sides, but also free up their hands to focus on attacking the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

- In such a situation, it is not so much that the Ming army is besieging the Manchurian Eight Banners, but that the Manchurian Eight Banners are massively annihilating the Ming army with the tactics of "flowering in the center".

Huang Taiji's plan to inflict heavy losses and then annihilate the Ming army's Guanning Iron Cavalry is gradually being realized.

Emperor Chongzhen was condescending, looking worried, and asked Sun Chengzong: "Teacher Sun, this is not a way, won't the officials and troops outside the city be killed by the Manchurian Tartars?" Do you want to send the three battalions stationed in the Beijing Division to support? ”

As soon as the emperor's words came out, someone immediately echoed him: "The Holy Wisdom is bright, if you send the Beijing battalion of soldiers and horses out now, you will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and destroy the Manchurian Tartars in one fell swoop." ”

Sun Chengzong hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, don't use troops like this. ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't understand the combat effectiveness of the Jingshi Battalion - if the combat effectiveness of the Jingshi Battalion can deal with the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, why should he summon the Liaodong Iron Cavalry outside the Guanguan to enter the King of Jingqin?

Now, if the Jingshi battalion easily breaks away from the protection of the Jingshi city wall and goes out of the city to meet the enemy without authorization, then it may be wiped out by the Manchurian elite led by Huang Taiji. In that way, there will be no last guardian power within the Jingshi, and Huang Taiji will be able to break himself and take down the Jingshi.

However, if he loses his prestige and increases the popularity of others, Sun Chengzong can't say it directly in public, so he can only think about his words and say: "Your Majesty, it is important to support Zu Dashou, but it is fundamental to stick to the Beijing Division, and at the moment, we cannot send soldiers from the Beijing Division." ”

"But you can't let the Manchurian Eight Banners wipe out all the Liaodong elites under the city tower! If there is no them, who will protect Liaodong for me in the future? Emperor Chongzhen's tone was extremely anxious.

Sun Chengzong sighed and said: "Your Majesty, the military salary of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is the highest in the Ming Dynasty, and it is reasonable for them to receive the country's favor and sacrifice their lives for the country." The emperor can also rest assured that Zu Dashou and He Kegang are both fierce generals, even if Huang Taiji reluctantly destroys them, I am afraid that they will have to break a good tooth, and then Huang Taiji will have no troops to attack the military division. ”

Sun Chengzong's words were extremely calm, but there was a faint sourness and pain in his words - after all, the Guanning Defense Line, together with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, was built by Sun Chengzong, and he didn't want to see such an elite division that had been painstakingly operated for a long time being lost under the Jingshi City like this.

There is another person who empathizes with the gatehouse of Guangqu Gate, and that person is none other than Chen Wenzhao, the general under Ji Qingwen.

Chen Wenzhao is a member of the "Qi Army", in the first year of Wanli, the Qi Army was annihilated by all the Manchurian soldiers and horses in the Battle of the Hunhe River, leaving only one of his officers who was ordered to report the news survived, if it were not for Ji Qingwen to reconvene and form the "Qi Family Army", maybe this legendary division of the north and south would be drowned in the torrent of time.

Therefore, when Chen Wenzhao, who was waiting on the Guangqu Gate with Ji Qingwen, saw the scene under the city, he was already so anxious that he gritted his teeth, and finally couldn't help but say to Ji Qingwen beside him: "My lord, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is a strong force of my Ming Dynasty, and it was destroyed by the Manchurian Tartars like this, isn't it a pity?" ”

Ji Qingwen frowned and said, "Of course it's a pity, but this is also a matter of no choice......"

Chen Wenzhao's expression was as solemn as the green mud and moss crawling on the tombstone: "Lord Ji, it's not that there is no way, but you need to take a little risk, and you need the emperor's decree and the cooperation of the officers and soldiers of the whole city." Even so, it's not always 100% certain......"

"Not 100% sure? What are the odds of winning? Ji Qingwen immediately asked.

"Sixty percent...... Let's do it! Chen Wenzhao said.

In fact, in the Liaodong Army, Ji Qingwen has also made a few good friends in the past few days, not to mention that he doesn't want the elite built by his master Sun Chengzong's painstaking efforts to lose everything like this.

So Ji Qingwen gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "If General Chen has any way, you tell me quickly." Let me make the final decision to the emperor after I have made my final decision. ”

Chen Wenzhao nodded, and hurriedly told Ji Qingwen the method he had thought of in a hurry.

While listening to this, Ji Qingwen thought: Although this method is risky, once it succeeds, it will not only be able to rescue the Liaodong Iron Cavalry from the clouds of annihilation, but may also achieve unexpected results.

Therefore, after Ji Qingwen listened to Chen Wenzhao's plan, he chewed it a little and reminisced about it, and then hurriedly ran to Emperor Chongzhen to tell the emperor about this risky plan.

Chen Wenzhao's plan is not a small risk, if other emperors may not be able to agree, but Emperor Chongzhen is a well-known impatient impulse in history, he feels that this plan may really have the effect of turning things around, so he can't care about the risks, and immediately agrees.

However, Sun Chengzong was old and serious, and felt that such a tactic might work, but once it was messed up, it would cause greater losses, so he told Ji Qingwen over and over again, and after repeatedly ruling out the possible risks, he let Ji Qingwen go down to implement this tactic.