Within a few days, countless Qing civilians who were retreating were killed, and the news reached the location of the Manchu court outside Ningyuan City, and Zierharang and Bolo and others were shocked.

In order to protect the people through the Liaoxi Corridor smoothly, the Manchus gathered all their forces to coerce Ningyuan City.

There were 20,000 Ming troops in the city, except for Daishan and Le Kedehun, who resisted the main force of the Ming army at Shanhaiguan, the total number of troops controlled by the Manchu Qing court was only 30,000 when it was full, which was not much more than the Ming army of Ning Yuan.

The Liaoxi Corridor is hundreds of miles long, and the 30,000 Qing soldiers cannot control the entire corridor at all. In addition, the number of people who withdrew from the gate reached as many as three or four hundred thousand, and the team stretched hundreds of miles before and after, and the Qing soldiers could not take care of it, so they could only deploy the main forces outside Ningyuan City to prevent Ningyuan's Ming army from going out of the city to attack. But who knew that even so, hundreds of people were still killed.

"Aren't the Ming troops all in Ningyuan City? Where did you get so many troops? Zilharan shouted angrily.

At the same time as coming out of Shanhaiguan, the 30,000 Qing army had swept away the entire Liaoxi Corridor, except for Ningyuan City and Juehua Island, which could not be explored without a naval army, the Ming army was not found at all in other places. Now there are at least dozens of Ming troops in the southwest of Ningyuan City, tens of thousands of people, where did these Ming troops come from, Juehua Island?

"It is impossible for the Ming army on Juehua Island to be so many, if they had fifty or sixty thousand troops, they would have captured Jinzhou and various castles in Guangning a long time ago, or they would directly attack Shanhaiguan to cut off our retreat. In fact, for two or three months, the Ming army only occupied Ningyuan City and did not make any other moves. Bolo calmly analyzed.

After carefully questioning the sentinels, Bo Luo and the others realized that it was not the Ming army that was attacking the people of the Qing Dynasty, but the former Guanning army. The Liaoxi Corridor originally housed more than 100,000 Ming people who surrendered, all of whom were family members of Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army. These people have been military families for generations, and the Guanning Army has guarded Liaoxi for so many years, and has also fought with the Qing Dynasty for more than 30 years, as long as they are men, they have certain military qualities. After Wu Sangui surrendered, most of his army was dismantled. Now it is these people who are frantically attacking the people of the Qing Dynasty!

"The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs!" Zilharang let out a long sigh, his tone full of sadness, "What should we do now?" ”

Bolo said coldly: "You must give these damn minions a little color, let them know that although the tiger is sick, it is not a wild dog that can bully!" Leave 25,000 infantry to continue to besiege Ningyuan, send cavalry to clear them, and protect my Qing people! ”

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After Hu Xihai led hundreds of Guanning military households to loot hundreds of Manchu women and children, he kept in mind Li Yanzhi's instructions before he came out. Based on the small group mountain fort, sentinels were sent to detect the movements of the Manchu people every day.

The entire corridor of western Liaoning is only twenty or thirty miles wide from the mountains in the north to the sea in the south, and the paths suitable for the brigade are limited, as long as the Manchu people pass by, they will definitely not be able to escape the eyes of the spies. Of course, more than 200 miles south of Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, Li Yanzhi sent dozens of teams like Hu Xihai, each team stared at the retreating Manchurians, and they would definitely not be able to get out if they started late.

In the recent looting, even after handing over most of the property, each military household could get nearly a hundred taels of silver, which made them very enthusiastic about fighting. Facing not the Eight Banners, but the helpless women and children, this is God's opportunity to give them a fortune, as long as they do a few votes hard, the whole family will not have to worry for the rest of their lives!

Therefore, there is no need for Hu Xihai to encourage wavering, these Guanning military households have asked for battle, and their enthusiasm is extremely high.

Hu Xihai himself also wants to make more contributions, so naturally he will not refuse to fight. However, out of prudence, he still divided the army into two groups, one to attack and the other to defend the city, and the two groups rotated once a day. There are Manchurian captives captured in the small Tuanshan fortress, as well as a large amount of wealth captured, which must not be lost. Therefore, Hu Xihai's arrangement was not disputed by everyone.

Hou Liu actively asked for battle, considering that he had previously been the general of the Guanning Army and had rich combat experience, Hu Xihai simply appointed him as the captain and attacked with two hundred military households. According to the spies' report, a group of people were found in the west, less than ten miles from the fort.

"Hurry up, the rabbits, you can't even drink the soup if you go slowly!" Hou Liu rode on a captured horse and led the team to set off with a scolding attitude.

Hu Xihai stood on the fortress wall and shook his head slightly, ordered someone to close the fort gate, and began to deploy defense. There were still more than a hundred remaining military households, which he deployed all over the fortress wall, and only a dozen or so women were left in the castle to guard the house.

"My lord, do you need to be so cautious?" Some military households were worried about the captured women, and did not want to stay on the city walls, and complained to Hu Xihai.

Hu Xihai reprimanded: "Liaoxi has not yet been defeated, General Wu is still trapped in Ningyuan City, the Qing soldiers will not watch their people being killed and captured by us, and will inevitably send troops to protect them." Don't be vigilant, do you want the Qing army to touch you and slaughter you all?

Be fucking careful, don't fucking worry about those women! ”

Seeing that Hu Xihai was angry, these tired military households did not dare to say more.

Facts have proved that Hu Xihai's caution is not unreasonable, and an hour later, he saw Hou Liu fleeing back with his people, and a group of Qing cavalry was chasing and killing in the distance.

The chasing Qing cavalry was only forty or fifty horsemen, but Hou Liu and others only cared about escaping, not daring to stay for a moment, two hundred people fled back in a mess like herding sheep, and the Qing cavalry chased and killed with a good time, relying on the speed of the war horse to easily chase behind one military household, and with a gentle wave of the saber, one person was cut to the ground.

Under the noses of Hu Xihai and others, one by one military households were chased and killed by the Qing cavalry, and everyone on the fortress wall was silent.

"My lord, should we go out to meet them?" A soldier of Hu Xihai's descendants said in a low voice, compared to these military households, Hu Xihai's descendants are all regular Ming soldiers, and they are much more courageous than them.

Hu Xihai shook his head and replied in a low voice: "Look at how scared these people on the city wall are, can we beat the cavalry of the Qing army with our small banner, if they are allowed to enter the fortress, these people in the castle will not survive." ”

"Do you just watch them being killed by the Qing cavalry?"

"Look at their own creations, if they can escape under the walls of the fortress, they will be saved.

There are more than 100 people guarding the city wall, and there are five firearms, five bows and more than a dozen arrows, which should be able to block the cavalry of the Qing army.

Finally, Hou Liu and others fled under the fortress wall, but of the 200 people who attacked at the time of the attack, less than 100 escaped alive under the fortress wall, and most of them died under the pursuit of the Qing cavalry.

The sound of "bang bang bang" fire guns sounded one after another, and one Qing cavalry was shot off his horse, and the other cavalry reined in their horses and stopped far away. But instead of retreating, he took out his bow and arrows.

The "chirp" feather arrow was not fired at the head of the city, but at the military households who had fled under the walls of the fortress.

These military households have long fled and lost their armor, and the original shields in their hands have long been thrown away. There was no way to block the rain of arrows of the Qing army, and in the screams, they were shot down by arrows one after another.

"Open the door, open the city gate!" The soldiers banged on the gates, weeping and pleading. Counting on being able to escape to the fortress.

On the wall of the fortress, the firecrackers were nervously loading the projectiles, and more than a dozen archers were weak to shoot arrows, and the archery skills of these military households were really poor, and most of the feather arrows fell on the open ground in front of the Qing cavalry.

Hu Xihai frowned, and ordered in a deep voice: "Throw the shield down to him!" ”

The gate of the fort could not be opened easily, and once the Qing cavalry took the opportunity to enter the castle, it would be troublesome.

More than a dozen rattan shields were thrown below, and Hou Liu led people to grab the shields, which barely covered the feather arrows of the Qing cavalry, and all the military households hid behind the shields, but there were only a dozen shields, which could not completely cover dozens of military households.

"My lord, let's think of a way!" Seeing that a few more of his subordinates were shot down by the Qing soldiers, Hou Liu couldn't bear it anymore and shouted at the fort wall. He also knew that the fortress gate could not be opened easily, but he did not want to be shot to death by the Qing soldiers.

"Cowardice! Look at how many of you there are, how many soldiers are clear! You still have the face to say. Hu Xihai scolded angrily below.

Two hundred people were beaten like this by forty or fifty Qing cavalry, which made Hu Xihai's stomach full of anger.

"I, I don't want to do this, they're all cavalry." Hou Liu shrunk his neck and muttered. He had just led his troops to meet the retreating Manchu people, and before he could rob and kill, forty or fifty cavalry suddenly appeared and killed them.

Hou Liu also planned to fight the Qing army at first, after all, he had far more troops than the Qing cavalry. But who would have thought that as soon as the two sides came into contact, more than a dozen military households would be knocked away by the horses, and the others would turn around and run away in fright, and there was no way to stop them. Helpless, Hou Liu could only run away, and he was defeated in such a daze.

After Hu Xihai scolded, he was helpless, he knew that with the virtue of these military households, it was impossible for them to fight hard against the Qing soldiers.

But what now? You can't just watch Hou Liu and the others being shot to death by the Qing soldiers one by one.

Hu Xihai looked up and saw that his men were all nervous, and as for those military households, they were already trembling nervously. Can you count on these people to defeat the Qing cavalry?

"Kuroko, how many grenades do we have?" Hu Xihai asked in a low voice.

"Just two." A dark soldier beside him replied.

Before sending out troops, in order to strengthen their combat power, each team that attacked was equipped with two grenades, hoping to play some role in the battle against the Qing soldiers. But with just two grenades, how many Qing soldiers can be killed?

After thinking carefully for a while, Hu Xihai made up his mind. Lao Hou and they must be saved, after all, they are also their own subordinates, so Hu Xihai has to take risks.

He ordered the men to search the castle wall, and found some ash bottle stones, and carried them all to the castle gate. Hu Xihai left five musketeers and more than 30 military households on the fort wall, and explained what they should do next. Then he took the rest of the soldiers and military households down the fort wall.

Under the command of Hu Xihai, the soldiers searched all over the castle, throwing wood, masonry, looted vehicles, and all kinds of items in the fortress everywhere. The space inside the fortress is a mess and full of debris.

The small group mountain fort was originally a small fortress, in the past, there were only a few hundred people stationed in the fort, the fort wall was only a few dozen zhang around, and there was an acre of square open space in the fortress, and now this open space was full of sundries, in order to prevent the Qing soldiers and horses from attacking in formation.

After the deployment was completed, Hu Xihai led the people to form a formation in the fort gate, and more than ten steps away from the fort gate, he led ten of his men to form a gun formation, and dozens of other military households stood behind with weapons.

After the deployment, Hu Xihai sent a signal to the fort wall. Suddenly there was a commotion on the walls of the fort.

Fifty paces away from the fort gate, more than 40 Qing cavalry cavalry rode on horses, bent bows and arrows, and shot arrows one by one at the military households not far away.

Suddenly, there was a noise on the fortress wall, and when the leader of the fortress looked up, he saw that there was chaos on the fortress wall, and the Guanning soldiers actually killed each other.

Civil strife among military households? Before he could figure it out, he saw the gate of the fort open, and the soldiers outside the fort walls rushed to the fort.

"Rush in and take the fort to free our people!" Before he had time to think about it, Pashku immediately instigated his war horse and rushed towards the castle with more than forty of his men.

Fifty paces away, the war horse arrived in a moment. Before all the soldiers fled into the fort, the Qing cavalry had already killed them with their tails.

The two military households who opened the fort gate desperately wanted to close the fort gate, but where could they close it with their own people crowded inside the door.

"Kill!" Pashku shouted, raised his sword and rushed into the fort gate, and the war horse stepped out, trampling a soldier under the horse, and the saber slashed left and right and killed wantonly.

More than forty horsemen followed his horse and fought into the castle.

"It's time!" On the castle wall, I saw that the Qing cavalry had rushed into the fortress gate. The soldiers above hurriedly lit the fuse of the grenade, and after a moment of burning, they threw their hands down the castle.

Riding into the fort, Pashku had to restrain his horse, which was full of messy items, and if he ran again, the horse would have to fall. Looking up, dozens of Ming troops formed a chaotic array to block the front, and they actually wanted to fight hard with themselves!

Just these garbage soldiers still want to fight the Eight Banners Warriors! Pashku sneered and jumped off his horse, he decided to kill all the military households in the fort to avenge the dead Qing people!

More than 40 cavalrymen of the Qing army jumped off their horses one after another, and they did not pay attention to these military households.

"Go to a dozen or so people to capture the fort wall, and the others will kill all these soldiers with me!" As soon as Pashku gave the order, he was about to take the lead in the fight, and at this moment, with two "clicks", two grenades fell into the Qing army, rolled twice, and exploded two fires.

"Bang bang bang" on the fortress wall, the sound of fire guns rang out one after another.

Seeing that the Qing army was blown to pieces, the soldiers on the fort wall also recovered from their fear, and threw stones at the heads of the Qing army one by one.

"Kill all the people!" When the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, Hu Xihai shouted, and led ten of his subordinates with spears to kill the dazed Qing soldiers who were bombed.

"Kill all the people!" Hou Liu also shouted and rushed over with the rest of the soldiers.

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