In Wang Shiyang's plan, the next step was to kill and injure the Mongols to the maximum extent at Shiling Pass, which is known as one of the three passes in Shanxi, and weaken their combat effectiveness, so that the large array of tens of thousands of people he had prepared for them outside Taiyuan City could come in handy.

It's not good to always defend the city, if you want to repel the northern captives, you must go out of the city to fight in the field, and you have to fight back!

At this moment, Wang Shiyang's more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in Taiyuan Town have been prepared, and the 40,000 reinforcements who arrived in Taiyuan from Yulin Town are also ready, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Taiyuan City, Wang Shiyang has strengthened his determination to annihilate these 10,000 Mongolian cavalry outside Taiyuan City even if three for one.

On December 20, the 25th year of Wanli, the defense of Shiling Pass began.

Although Wang Shiyang arranged to garrison the army at Shiling Pass, although part of it was withdrawn, it was enough to have 15,000, and the defender was Wang Shiyang's cronies Ma Zun, Ma Zun was brave and good at fighting, and was better at defending, and the terrain of Shiling Pass was dangerous and should be well prepared, Wang Shiyang thought that it was enough to resist the Mongols for about ten days.

Wang Shiyang miscalculated.

On December 26, the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, Shiling Pass was lost, the guard Ma Zun was killed, and only a few hundred of the 15,000 defenders escaped in disarray, most of them died in Shiling Pass, and they were defeated in only six days.

On the 27th, Wang Shiyang received the news of the loss of Shiling Pass and was shocked.

He thought that Shiling Pass could be defended for at least ten days, but why was it defeated in six days, and almost all the defenders were killed, even the brave general Ma Zun who was good at fighting was killed? He was puzzled.

The soldiers who came back to report that the Mongols had been storming Shiling Pass for five days without success, and the Ming army's defense was easy, but on the night of the fifth day, the Mongols suddenly launched a night attack, and the Ming army was defeated almost as soon as it was discovered.

The soldiers who fled cried that the Mongols were "so dense that they couldn't finish killing," as if they had suddenly received reinforcements, and crushed the defenders of Shiling Pass in one fell swoop.

Ma Zun was unwilling to fail, and once led people to counterattack Shiling Pass at dawn, but fell into a heavy siege, all the remnants were killed, and Ma Zun was also killed in battle.

Wang Shiyang suddenly felt that something was not quite right, but what was wrong, Wang Shiyang didn't know, he could only immediately order the three armies - the Mongols were about to attack, and all departments entered the pending battle area in accordance with the prior regulations and prepared for a bitter battle!

Wang Shiyang's military literacy is still at a passing level, at least much stronger than some civilian officials in the Song Dynasty, and much stronger than some blind commanders.

If nothing else, the 10,000 Mongolian cavalry probably have no return, after all, it is 100,000 to 10,000, even if it is to pile up with human lives, those Mongols can be piled to death.

He decided so that he put on his helmet and armor, and was ready to fight with the soldiers.

On the same day that Shiling Pass was lost, outside Beijing, 20,000 elite cavalrymen under Li Rusong's unit, who had arrived in Beijing for four days, were recuperating in the military camp outside the city with nothing to do.

For the soldiers, if there is a battle, they will fight, and if there is no battle, they will not have any nervous and anxious emotions, especially for the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Jurchen Elite Cavalry, which have been through a hundred battles, the battle is as simple as eating and drinking, there is really nothing to say.

Even for Nurhachi, who was forcibly recruited by Li Rusong again with 10,000 cavalry to help in the battle, this is a very hopeful thing, and he hopes that he can go back without his cavalry in this battle.

Since the end of the Korean War, he lost more than 4,000 cavalry and 5,000 horses, although he received a lot of money and official rewards from the Ming court, but these money and official titles could not make his most scarce strong man population grow back instantly.

His subordinates can dispatch at most 30,000 to 40,000 strong men with combat strength, and the loss of one-tenth in the first battle is still a very elite kind, he is really a little distressed, but his master Li Rusong beckoned, he did not dare to slack off, and lost the support of the Li family in Liaodong, and Nurhachi could not move an inch.

And this is also what he asked for the official heart, and he took the initiative to ask for it, and he dug the pit by himself, and he could only admit it, he had to go to North Korea with him.

But this time, as if he was forced, he was planning another conquest against the Haixi Jurchen, but Li Rusong ran over in a hurry, and asked him to send 10,000 elite horsemen to follow him into the battle, and Nurhachi was stunned on the spot.

Why?

Nurhachi asked.

Li Rusong hurriedly explained a few words, he knew that the Ming Empire was attacked by the Mongols, and now the situation is very critical, the Mongols are about to hit the capital, his father, Nurhachi's old master Li Chengliang was activated in danger, with tens of thousands of Beijing battalion soldiers to defend the Bauhinia Pass, the situation is very critical.

What kind of virtue is the Jingying soldier, of course Li Rusong also knows, otherwise when he first entered Korea, Xiao Ruxun would not have brought the allied forces of the east, west, north and south of the Ming Dynasty, but the most powerful Jingying army in the past.

Now everyone knows that the corruption in the Beijing camp should not be used, but this time, the situation is urgent, and it is too late to recruit soldiers and horses from other places.

Lao Li took the waste of the Beijing camp to fight with the fierce Mongols, and half of Da Li's life was scared away, and he was busy preparing 10,000 elite Liaodong iron cavalry, and the number of people was not enough, and he had no confidence, so he came to Nurhachi again, and asked Nurhachi to send 10,000 cavalry and gather 20,000 people to enter the customs to fight.

Nurhachi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

Da Li, I'm about to send troops and horses to attack the Haixi Jurchens, and you actually want to ...... This is the second time to Da Li!

For the first time, he originally planned to destroy the Jurchen in a false way, but he was forced to fake the show, lost the lives of more than 4,000 warriors, and barely recovered after three years of cultivation, and was about to sweep the Haixi Jurchen with indomitable momentum to enhance his strength, but at this juncture, Li Rusong came again.

"Da Lang, I'll tell you the truth, I'm planning to launch an attack on Haixi here, and they've been provoking me all along, if I don't fight back, what will others think of me? In this way, I will send 10,000 people to help you fight, and I will take the rest to attack Haixi, okay? ”

He asked cautiously with a bitter face.

As a result, Li Rusong stood up as soon as he slapped the table.

"Slave, do you think I can't read that little bit of caution? We grew up together, I don't know what you think? Put away your little thoughts, and lead the troops into the customs with me! As for the western part of the sea...... I will send someone to warn them, if they dare to do it while you are away, wait for Lao Tzu to come back and personally lead the army to destroy them!" ”

Hit a stick to give a sweet date, Li Rusong is easy to deal with Nurhachi, after all, since childhood, there is a difference between the master and the slave, Nurhachi is almost afraid of the incredibly strong and fierce man Da Li, ten sons of the Li family, Nurhachi is afraid of one Li Rusong.