On February 27, the 26th year of Wanli, Xiao Ruxun led 50,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops to Yanmen Pass, and arrived with the army with hundreds of thousands of stones of wheat, beans and forage, including a large cart of horse meat.

Xiao Ruxun's arrival gave the Yanmen Pass defenders great support and joy, especially the abundant grain and grass gave them great confidence.

In the battle at noon on the same day, the defenders of Yanmen Pass took the initiative to attack, and directly repelled the Beiyu cavalry stationed outside the city for seven or eight miles before returning to the city.

Nurhachi's activity during this period of time is in the eyes of everyone, although he is a foreign race, but his posture of fighting for the Ming Dynasty is seen in the eyes of people, and the soldiers in the army worship brave and good fighters, Nurhachi is undoubtedly such a person, and at the pass of the lack of generals, Wei Yunzhen also handed over the command of the army to Nurhachi, allowing him to attack outside the pass again and again.

Now the number of the Beiyu army outside the pass is only 30,000, and the morale is low, and the Ming army has finally gotten rid of the lack of troops and has received a large-scale increase in troops.

Wei Yunzhen, the governor of Shanxi, who served as the guard general of Yanmen Pass, had long been aware of everything that had happened in the outside world, including the fall of Pingxingguan and the death of Dong Yikui, including the fall of Taiyuan and the crisis of Qixian, including the war of Xiao Ruxun being named the governor of the four sides, including Wang Shiyang's dismissal and investigation and return to Beijing, including the current advantage of the battle situation and the upcoming counteroffensive.

He has always forced himself to support, in the days when there are no reinforcements, he can only win the soldiers' perseverance by showing the attitude of giving up and the courage to persist in the struggle, and can he hold Yanmen Pass under the premise of 50,000 northern captives taking turns to attack, I have to say that Wei Yunzhen's courage has exceeded many people's imagination.

However, just after Xiao Ruxun arrived at Yanmen Pass, Wei Yunzhen fell ill.

The tension that had been suppressed for a long time, he forced himself to face the strong enemy in the best state, and when Xiao Ruxun arrived, all the crises had been resolved, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then collapsed suddenly, sick like a mountain.

The military doctor brought by Xiao Ruxun diagnosed that he was infected with wind chill after overwork, high fever and fever, and his body was also very bad, and he needed to recuperate for a while, and he was afraid that he would not be able to participate in the military affairs after that.

After arranging the garrison of the army, Xiao Ruxun urgently convened a military meeting, and after praising Nurhachi and his son, he ordered the whole army to attack outside the pass tomorrow, eat all the cavalry of less than 30,000 northern captives, and then take Datong City, Datong City, and the important pass of the Great Wall to kill Hukou as the goal of the army, and the troops were divided into two routes, and Xiao Ruxun and Chai Guozhu led the troops to attack respectively.

"The northern captives are declining, the soldiers and horses are seriously damaged, and the remaining soldiers and horses are about 40,000, but this is based on the estimated number of people from the earliest military reports from Datong, and it is not excluded that there will be no more northern captives pouring into Datong after the fall of Datong and the loss of the Great Wall pass, so we may encounter more and more ferocious northern captives at any time, I ask all departments to be cautious, and then I will arrange the offensive route, Chai Guozhu Dong Yiyuan stepped forward to listen to the order!"

Xiao Ruxun picked up an arrow.

"The last general!"

Chai Guozhu and Dong Yiyuan, the new Shanxi general soldier who had just arrived, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and clenched their fists to receive the order.

"Order, Jizhen General Soldier Chai Guozhu is the main general, Shanxi General Dong Yiyuan assisted, led Jizhen soldiers 10,000 and Shanxi cavalry 20,000 for a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses, along Mayi, Shuozhou, Pingyuwei, Weiyuanwei, arrived at Datong Right Guard, arrived at Hukou, and then sent someone to report to me.

Although the earlier Datong military newspaper did not say that there was a suicide of the northern captives Hukou to the south, but killing Hukou has always been the focus of the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the northern captives, and it is very possible for the northern captives to go south from here, so you must be cautious, you must not rush to fight with the large group of northern captives, you need to form a formation to respond to the enemy, I will give you five Hongyi cannons, the ultimate goal is to take down the killing of Hukou, and close the gate of the northern captives to the south. ”

Chai Guozhu and Dong Yiyuan took the arrow, hugged their fists and said, "No! ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded, and then spoke: "The rest of you will march with me, take the road of Shanyin, Yingzhou, and Huairen, and arrive at Datong City, which is an important route for the northern captives to go south, and it is likely to directly encounter a large number of northern captives, I ask you all to be prepared for the field front, and be ready to fight with tens of thousands of northern captives at any time, General Tong!" ”

As soon as Nurhachi heard Xiao Ruxun calling him, he immediately went out of the ranks.

"The last general!"

Xiao Ruxun took out an arrow and handed it to him.

"General Tong is brave and good at fighting, he has broken through the northern captives several times, and he can be the vanguard of the army, I order you to lead the Jurchen elite cavalry of five thousand to open the way for the vanguard of my army, if you encounter a large number of enemy troops, you can't fight with them, you need to send someone to report back, and slowly retreat the army, do you understand?"

Nurhachi sighed in his heart, and stepped forward to take the arrow.

"The last general obeys!"

"Okay, early tomorrow morning, let the sergeants go out to battle after they have eaten enough, and the goal is to break the northern captives outside the city, Li Rusong, Wang Hui."

Li Rusong and Wang Hui stepped forward and knelt down on one knee.

"The last general!"

"Early tomorrow morning, Wang Hui will lead the gunners out of the city and bombard the Beiyu camp with artillery, Li Rusong will lead 10,000 Liaodong cavalry and 10,000 Yulin cavalry to line up behind the artillery position.

"The last general commands!"

Li Rusong and Wang Hui received the order.

"Okay, the current battle plan ends here, after the recovery of Datong and then make the next plan, if the generals encounter the Datong army that is still holding the city on the way to the army, be sure to support and protect, to this day, we still don't know if there is still a Datong city fortress is still in the hands of the Ming army has not fallen, if the generals find out, be sure to save, they are all heroes."

"No!"

The generals were ordered to go.

"Mr. Dong stays for a while."

Xiao Ruxun called Dong Yiyuan.

Dong Yiyuan stayed, and after all the generals left, Xiao Ruxun stepped forward and said in a low voice: "General Dong Bing, I feel very sorry about Brother Ling's matter, I hope you don't be too sad." ”

Dong Yiyuan took a deep breath and nodded.

"My brother died for the country, he died heroically and heroically, he died well, even his parents will feel relieved, I waited for the birth of my disciple and waited for this day, my brother got what he wanted, and he should smile Jiuquan."

Xiao Ruxun sighed.

"It would be best if Mr. Dong could think like this, on the side of the imperial court, the governor will try his best to help Brother Ling fight for the glory behind him, after all, this war came suddenly, although Brother Ling lost the level of peace, but to repay the country with death, it is enough to atone for his sins, this governor will still fight for something to leave to Brother Ling, although Dong Zongbing is relieved, I have worked with Brother Ling, and I will not ignore it."

Dong Yiyuan's eyes turned red, and his voice choked up: "Thank you, Governor!" ”

After that, Dong Yiyuan retreated, Xiao Ruxun thought for a while, looked at the sky, and decided to go and see Wei Yunzhen.