Zhao led the soldiers and jumped directly from the city wall and rushed towards the Houjin soldiers. Houjin soldiers changed to flat shooting, when the Ming army rushed out more than 40 steps, hundreds of soldiers had fallen, the soldiers behind were timid, and began to flee backwards, Zhao Shujiao had rushed to the front of the Houjin soldiers, and killed a soldier with a shot, at this time the family next to him shouted: "General, the back has retreated, retreat quickly." ”

Zhao Shujiao looked back and saw that there were only a few family members around him, and the other Ming troops were running backwards. He let out a long sigh and shouted, "Stand back, watch out for the back." He also ran backwards with his family.

By the time he reached the wall, seven or eight of his servants were dead. He didn't have time to grieve, and said to Yuan Chonghuan: "Lord Yuan, I'm afraid that it won't work if it goes on like this, please let your subordinates lead people to attack the troops behind, where the Han army is the majority, you can open a road for Qingzhuang to escape first, and then it will be easier for us to drag Jiannu here." ”

Yuan Chonghuan already regretted not listening to Zhao Shuo and letting Qingzhuang go first, and now Qingzhuang has seriously affected the morale of the Ming army. But of course he wouldn't admit it, and now Zhao Shujiao's proposal moved him. He said: "General Zhao, you stay here, and this officer will personally lead people to attack the enemy army behind." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Shujiao's answer, he asked Li Chengxian and Lu Zhijia to rush towards the Houjin army behind with 5,000 soldiers. He followed behind with Qingzhuang. Li Chengxian's injuries were almost healed, and he took the lead, braving the rain of arrows to kill the enemy.

He ordered the soldiers to crouch down, block the arrows with shields in front, and the ones in the rear returned fire with bows and arrows, and the pikemen crouched behind the archers, ready to deal with the armored soldiers who rushed to the city.

The number of Houjin soldiers in the back was not large, Li Chengxian took the lead, picked up a soldier in front of him into the sky, and fell far away in the Houjin army, the morale was boosted, and everyone rushed to the Houjin soldiers. Yuan Chonghuan was overjoyed and shouted: "Give me a rush, and there will be a heavy reward for catching the leader of Jiannu." ”

The Houjin soldiers did not panic, the front resisted the impact of the Ming army, and the armor soldiers behind shot arrows into the air, and quickly suppressed the charge of the Ming army. Although there were many Ming soldiers, they gradually had an irresistible posture.

Slowly, the Ming army began to retreat, and no matter how Yuan Chonghuan shouted, it no longer worked. Seeing this situation, Yang San and Liu Boze immediately began to gather Qingzhuang, but at this time, Qingzhuang was frightened by Jiannu's troops, and began to flee in all directions, not listening to their greetings at all, while Bi Mazi and Bi San took the opportunity to shout together with their henchmen: "I can't fight, the Ming army is going to be defeated, run away." So the young men were even more chaotic, and they also disrupted the formation of the Ming army.

Li Chengxian and Lu Zhijia had no choice, they were fighting in front, but there was chaos in the back, so they couldn't beat it. So I had to retreat slowly, Yuan Chonghuan had already returned to the city wall, and when the Ming army retreated, there were only more than 3,000 people who went out, and there were not many dead, and most of them were scattered. Among the young and strong, except for the more than 500 people brought by Yang San and Liu Boze, the others have fled far away.

So there were only about 6,000 people left in the city, but this is a good thing, there are fewer people, everyone basically has armor, and there are some shield soldiers, which makes the bow and arrow effect of the Houjin soldiers weakened, and the bow and arrow of the Ming army also shot and injured some Houjin armor soldiers, and the two sides are now in a stalemate.

Later, the Jin soldiers came from afar, and they didn't bring much food, and going out to collect food would obviously allow the Ming army to attack and break through. And if the food of the Ming army does not need to be supplied to the young and strong, it is enough for four days. Now it's up to us to see whose reinforcements will come first.

The low city walls now played a certain role, barely able to stop the charge of the Houjin soldiers. There have been a number of skirmishes between the two sides, but they have been done in moderation, and neither side has the capacity to launch a large-scale offensive under the current circumstances.

The next night, the reinforcements of the Houjin army arrived, although they were all Han troops, but the reinforcements of more than 2,000 people broke the balance of power between the two sides, Yue Tuo of course would not attack at night, and ordered the reinforcements to set up camp and break the Ming army in one fell swoop tomorrow morning.

The Ming army saw the arrival of reinforcements from the other side, and their morale became very low. Yuan Chonghuan regretted it in his heart, if he hadn't been too greedy, he would have returned to Shanhaiguan a long time ago, and now it seems that he can only be martyred, but he is unwilling, he is a person who wants to build immortality, how can he die in such a small place?

He summoned the three generals of Zhao Shujiao and Yang San and Liu Boze to discuss countermeasures, Zhao Shujiao said: "In today's plan, we can only fight hard, the courage of the army, Jiannu will not be more than our soldiers, as long as everyone works together, there is still hope to defeat Jiannu." Li Chengxian and others all felt that as long as the soldiers were single-minded, it was still okay to hold on to the help.

Yuan Chonghuan retorted: "Waiting for help, where are the reinforcements?" Tomorrow Jiannu will attack, this wall is low, how can it be defended? Yang Daxia, I heard that you are strong in martial arts, can you ensure that the official returns to Shanhaiguan safely? ”

Zhao Shujiao hurriedly persuaded: "Lord Yuan, if you go first, our army will collapse immediately, and the small one has already asked the family to go to Shanhaiguan to move the rescue troops, and reinforcements should arrive soon." ”

Yuan Chonghuan scolded: "This official is dignified and Ning Qiandao is preparing for affairs, how can you die here, you are waiting here to wait for help, this official will go first tonight, waiting for you at Shanhaiguan, how can the soldiers mutiny?" With that, he looked at Yang San with expectant eyes.

Yang San knew that he was the actual commander of this army, but he didn't want to escort him to escape first, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Yuan, the grass people's martial arts are ordinary, I'm afraid that I can't keep the adults safe in the chaotic army, please think twice." ”

Yuan Chonghuan did not give up, and said: "We set off at night, and there are few people and we will not alarm Jiannu, so won't this work?" ”

"Your Excellency, there are heavy troops on the east and west sides of Jiannu, and now that their reinforcements have arrived, they will definitely strengthen the defense in the west to prevent us from breaking through, martial arts are not worth a fortune in front of the army, and the grass people cannot guarantee the safety of adults."

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Zhao Shujiao again: "If General Zhao leads people to attack Jiannu in the east, Jiannu in the west will be chaotic, and then this official and Yang Daxia will take the opportunity to break through, how about it?" ”

Zhao Shujiao despised him fiercely in his heart, and said: "Lord Yuan, many soldiers have night blindness, attacking at night is tantamount to suicide, Jiannu doesn't need to fight at all, as long as you shoot arrows, it won't be messy." And our army will suffer heavy casualties, and tomorrow it will disperse without fighting. ”

Yuan Chonghuan died at this time, sighed and prepared to resign himself to fate. The generals also went back and began to rest the soldiers, preparing for a fierce battle tomorrow.

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