Huang Taiji led the four banners of Zhenghuang, Zhenghong, Red, and Blue, and pursued Mangui with all his might.

And Man Gui is also leading the army to flee desperately.

Man Gui is just a grassroots general of the Ming army, and it is Sun Chengzong's insight that suddenly promoted him to the position of the general soldier when he was in charge of Liaodong military affairs.

And Man Gui also lived up to the high hopes of his teacher Sun Chengzong, bravely killed the enemy in Liaodong, and subdued many Mongolian cavalry, and participated in several battles such as the Battle of Jinzhou and the Battle of Ningyuan.

Later, Mangui and Yuan Chonghuan had a bad relationship, and the imperial court transferred it to Datong, mainly responsible for defending against the Mongols who went south.

However, in the battle of Deshengmen, the Mongolian cavalry, which was pinned on by Man Gui, was so vulnerable in the face of Huang Taiji's sharp attack that it immediately collapsed after a little contact. The combat effectiveness of Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu Army, who cooperated with Mangui in the battle, was even worse, and when he saw that Mangui was defeated by Huang Taiji, he also retreated.

In the face of Huang Taiji's pursuit, Man Gui had no choice but to rush to Guangqumen, hoping that Yuan Chonghuan, who had some contradictions with himself, would be able to save his brothers who lived and died together in the same year, regardless of his past suspicions, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji and the face of Teacher Sun Chengzong.

It's a pity that Man Gui saw the wrong person.

Yuan Chonghuan may have the position of Jiangshan Sheji in his eyes, or he may also have the position of Sun Chengzong, but he does not regard him as a brother.

When Yuan Chonghuan heard that Man Gui had been defeated, he secretly scolded "incompetent", only hoping that he could support him for a while longer, so that he could calmly destroy the soldiers and horses of the Four Banners in front of him, and had no intention of supporting Man Gui.

Man Gui is also a person who knows the soldiers, and knows that if Yuan Chonghuan intends to support him, he will inevitably stop pursuing the enemy army in front of him, but will stop on the spot and line up and slowly move closer to him, join forces with him, and deal with Huang Taiji together.

However, Yuan Chonghuan was still rushing westward to pursue the enemy, and did not save his own movement at all, which made Man Gui anxious in his eyes, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to change the marching route, and no longer move along the city wall of the Beijing Division, but turned left to the west, wanting to catch up with Yuan Chonghuan.

He deflected the direction of his actions in this way, which inevitably slowed down the movement of his army, and made Huang Taiji chase Man Gui's troops closer and closer, and began to make contact and fight with his rear flank.

On Yuan Chonghuan's side, after more than half an hour of pursuit, he finally pursued the soldiers and horses of the four flags inlaid with yellow, white, inlaid white, and blue to the side of the canal.

The water of the canal comes from the south, and the water temperature is very high, so although it is the cold winter of November, the river still does not freeze into ice, and the river surface is blown by the cold wind, raising waves; Under the illumination of the sun, a golden light is released.

The Manchurian Eight Banners sergeants who were defeated by Yuan Chonghuan could not swim, and they did not want to drown in the canal, so they hurriedly reined in their horses and lined up along the banks of the canal, preparing to fight to the death against Yuan Chonghuan in front of them.

And Yuan Chonghuan knew very well the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners, and was afraid that they would jump over the wall in a hurry under the trapping of beasts, so he did not dare to take it lightly and take the enemy lightly, so he hurriedly lined up the formation, ready to wait for the opportunity to launch a charge, and drove the four banners in front of him into the canal.

But just as the soldiers and horses of these two sides were arranging their formations and preparing for a decisive battle, Man Gui finally came to Yuan Chonghuan's flank on the bank of the canal under the drive of Huang Taiji.

Naturally, Huang Taiji, who was chasing after Mangui, had also rushed over.

Outside the Guangqu Gate of the capital, from east to west, there is a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and by the river is the four banners of the left wing of Manchuria, the headquarters of Yuan Chonghuan, who is ready to launch a general attack on it, the Ministry of Mangui who fled here in a hurry pursued by Huang Taiji, and the headquarters of Huang Taiji himself.

The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were in the battle array, while the entire strength of the Eight Banners of Manchuria was outside the Ming army.

Ji Qingwen stood on the gatehouse, condescendingly took in the entire battle situation, and saw that although the battle situation outside the city was a victory and a worship, it was basically still even, but in terms of shape, it formed a situation where the Ming army was surrounded by the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Ji Qingwen saw it in his eyes, Yuan Chonghuan naturally felt the same way, lest he fall into the danger of being attacked by the enemy on his back and abdomen, and seeing that Man Gui was still approaching step by step without knowing the current affairs, he was extremely anxious in his heart.

He was in a hurry, and suddenly came up with a move, ordering more than 200 soldiers around him to line up on the rear flank, stretch their bows and arrows, and shoot at Man Gui, who was following closely.

Originally, according to Yuan Chonghuan's idea, if he fired a gun at Man Gui to attack, and the bullets were not long-sighted, and Man Gui, the general soldier of Datong, was killed on the spot, then under the sun and in front of everyone's eyes, he would have the notoriety of killing the commanders of friendly troops on the battlefield - therefore, he deliberately did not use the musket, but specially took out the bow and arrow to shoot.

You must know that the power of bows and arrows is weaker than that of muskets after all, even if you are hit by one arrow or two arrows, as long as you heal them in time, you will not hurt your life.

But it was a coincidence that the arrow shot out indiscriminately happened to hit Man Gui's right abdomen, fortunately Man Gui had a plugged copper plate in this position, and an arrow came, leaving only the sound of "ding" metal impact, and then with a crooked arrow, he fell to the ground.

This arrow came, although it did not kill and wound Man Gui, but it shot his mind very clearly: Yuan Chonghuan was not willing to help him against Huang Taiji.

Man Gui's attitude towards Yuan Chonghuan was, of course, both dissatisfied and unhappy, and he really thought that this would urge the army to attack Yuan Chonghuan's back.

However, if you do this, it will trigger the mutual fire of the two mobile forces of the Ming Dynasty when the enemy is present, and will commit the eternal crime of "the relatives are painful, and the enemies are fast", even if you are lucky enough to escape today, you will be immediately sentenced to death by Emperor Chongzhen!

So Man Gui could barely endure his great indignation against Yuan Chonghuan, and could only turn to the left again, almost aimlessly rushing towards Guangqumen.

Huang Taiji, who was chasing Man Gui, did not expect that the four banners of the right wing led by Mang Gurtai and Azig would be defeated so quickly and so simply, and in such a short time, they had already retreated to the edge of the canal, so they were feeling a little resentful and angry in their hearts.

However, when he saw that on the battlefield, he suddenly formed a favorable opportunity for him to defeat Man Gui and attack the gap behind Yuan Chonghuan with all his strength, and immediately turned his anger into joy.

But he was so happy that he didn't have half a moment's effort, so Man Gui turned around again and fled to Jingshi.

This action of Man Gui put Huang Taiji in a dilemma:

Either continue to pursue Man Gui and give up the great opportunity to attack Yuan Chonghuan in front of him;

Either leave Man Gui alone and directly attack the back of Yuan Chonghuan's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but he will face a counterattack from Man Gui who has eased up.

Huang Taiji hesitated a little and made his own decision - to continue to pursue Man Gui, completely defeat or annihilate him as soon as possible, and after completely eliminating his worries, he would attack Yuan Chonghuan with all his strength without distraction.

So Huang Taiji gritted his teeth, left aside the Manchurian right-wing four banners of Manggultai, Azig, Haoge and others who were fighting against the water, and urged the people and horses of the left wing of the four banners under his command, and also turned the horse's head and continued to pursue Mangui.

At this moment, the morale of the Mangui department has been exhausted, the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and the sergeants who are behind the team are constantly being killed by Huang Taiji's pursuers, and the original team of more than 20,000 people has less than 10,000 people left. Especially among them, the soldiers and horses of Hou Shilu's troops, whether in mobility or combat effectiveness, are even inferior to Man Gui's team, and they have already been basically eaten by Huang Taiji.

In this way, Man Gui led the remnants of the defeated soldiers to continue to flee to Guangqu Gate, but saw an army from a distance, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, lined up outside Guangqu Gate.

This army is the infantry of more than 3,000 people in Lu Xiangsheng's department, known as the "Tianxiong Army", although its combat effectiveness may not be comparable to that of the Liaodong iron cavalry equipped with fast horses, thick armor, sharp blades, and firearms, but it is also bright and well-armed, and the ranks are neat.

Therefore, when Man Gui saw this group of soldiers, it was as if he had seen a savior, and he hurriedly made peace with Lu Xiangsheng's "Tianxiong Army".

Huang Taiji pursued here, but also out of breath, seeing that the already desperate Man Gui had the support of a fresh army, especially although these support troops were small in number and were all infantry, they were all equipped with spears specially designed to deal with cavalry, so they did not dare to take it lightly, and with a wave of the flag, it was like the four banners under his command to reorganize the team, and quickly lined up the shock formation.

Huang Taiji used his troops in a very orderly manner, but in the blink of an eye, nearly 20,000 elite horsemen under his command had lined up in formation, blew horns, stretched bows and arrows, and crushed towards Mangui and Lu Xiangsheng's headquarters with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas.