Chapter 561: Fierce Battle at Shanhaiguan

"Kill all the dog officers and soldiers!"

Li Zicheng wore a hat and a red cloak on his shoulders, danced in the wind, raised his knife horizontally, and gave the order to attack the entire Shanhaiguan line.

The Dashun army divided more than 20,000 people from this formation into a stone array, cut off the back road of Wu Sangui's army, and did not want them to retreat to Shanhaiguan, while Li Zicheng personally led 40,000 main forces and fought to the death with 30,000 Guanning troops.

The Dashun army and the Guanning army were mixed together, and the battle was unprecedentedly fierce, but Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng did not join in person, one commanded in the rear, and the other watched the battle on the dirt slope.

Although the Guanning army is all cavalry, and it is a rare elite in the world, almost all of the old battalions brought by Li Zicheng are old battalions that have been fighting for many years, which is the essence of the entire Dashun, and there are many horse teams, and they are also not inferior in fighting.

"Success or failure in this battle, brothers, kill Wu Sangui, the world is ours!"

"Kill Wu Sangui and take Shanhaiguan!"

The commander of a Dashun army held a long knife in his hand and flew to the Guanning cavalry who was slashing left and right, and there were three Dashun soldiers around the cavalry, who were caught off guard and directly thrown off their horses.

But he didn't hesitate, turned around and kicked the boss to the side, pulled out the small hammer behind his back, and smashed the head of a big Shun soldier who rushed up behind him, letting the red and white splash his body, and he just shouted a fierce battle.

But both are difficult to defeat with four hands, this Guan Ning soldier can hammer one or two, but he can't stop more Dashun soldiers around him from surrounding and killing, and he was soon cut into thin mud because of lack of strength.

"For the king!"

More than 70,000 people are mixed together, and the west bank of the Shihe River is already in chaos, and the two sides have no formation at all, and they are completely killing people when they see them, and cutting down people when they meet, because if you don't do this, you will die.

About three or five old battalion soldiers, armed with long knives, walked side by side, and when they saw several Guanning cavalry rushing straight in front of them, they suddenly scattered, rolled on the ground a few times, and viciously swung their knives at the horse's legs.

After many years of conquest, they know that the most effective way to face the cavalry that is rushing forward is to go around to the side with a flexible position, cut off the horse's legs, and then go up to surround it.

These old battalion commanders did not have many sword soldiers, but they were very fast, and they were roundabout in the formation, and they didn't care about the Guan Ning soldiers who had already dismounted and fought on foot, they just specialized in cutting horse legs.

The Guan Ning cavalry on the horse just saw the thief in front of him disappear, and before he could react, he heard a mournful roar from his mount and fell forward.

The front legs of the horse in the wild gallop were cut off, and the blood flowed like a torrent of blood, and the cavalry above could no longer be dragged down, and several Guanning cavalry fell to the ground in embarrassment, drew out a small hammer and continued to fight.

The Guanning cavalry swung out their hammers, and the old battalion soldiers of the Dashun army rolled to the left and easily dodged, followed by their feet moving forward at a very fast speed, and came to them in the blink of an eye.

"Suffer death, Dog Officer!"

"Poof......

The long knife pierced the lower abdomen of the Guanning cavalry, and the old battalion soldier pulled it out without hesitation, and then went around the back of the Guanning cavalry and stabbed a fatal knife to the spine.

Both sides are elite, 40,000 old battalion soldiers of the Dashun army fought against 30,000 Guanning cavalry, and the horse team only had more than 7,000 people, but they actually withstood the impact of the Guanning cavalry and pressed the other party.

On the side of the Guanning army, although it was dominated by cavalry, it was trapped in the Dashun army and could not extricate itself, and after half a day, the 30,000 Guanning cavalry had lost more than 8,000.

Wu Sangui, who was in Guancheng, saw his former brothers lying in a pool of blood, and he gritted his steel teeth with hatred, if it wasn't for Xia Guoxiang to stop him, he was afraid that he would rush directly down to the city and fight Li Zicheng to the death.

It is not known how much the Dashun army lost, but they were not affected at all, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and the Guanning army was killed in a mess, and the defenders on the west wing of Shanhaiguan saw it, and they were terrified, and they turned against each other, replaced with the banner of Dashun, and surrendered to Li Zicheng.

As a last resort, Wu Sangui had to divide more than 10,000 Guanning troops from the rear to seize the city, and the Guanning army was very brave in the face of the defenders of the west wing city.

But at this time, on the west bank of the Shihe River, the Guanning army, which was already at a disadvantage, was defeated one after another due to the lack of the 10,000 cavalry.

A Dashun soldier faced the Guanning cavalry, fearless, standing motionless, looking like he was waiting for death, but when the Guanning cavalry rushed a few steps away, he suddenly bent down and swung a knife at the horse's leg.

Hearing only a mournful roar, the Guanning cavalry was thrown off their horses, and before they had time to draw out the small hammer, they were cut off by the Dashun soldier who was holding a steel knife.

This Dashun soldier was also out of breath after successive high-intensity battles, but at these few times, the war drums of "all through" suddenly sounded in the rear release, and he turned around to see that it was King Chuang who was personally beating the drum!

Li Zicheng personally boarded the car and beat the drums, the Dashun soldiers were greatly inspired, and the more they fought, the more brave they became, the Dashun soldiers were full of energy, shouted wildly and knocked down a Guanning cavalry who was fighting on foot, and directly opened his mouth to bite off the opponent's ear.

Guan Ningbing covered his ears and howled, bleeding like an infusion, but the Da Shun soldier laughed like a devil, raised the knife with his right hand and inserted it directly into his lower abdomen, stirring it up, and Guan Ningbing was completely silent.

"In order to break into the king, kill the dog officers and soldiers, and take the Shanhaiguan!"

"Brothers, success or failure is here, kill!"

The Dashun soldiers raised their swords one after another, and the tide rushed to Shanhaiguan, they became more and more courageous, and soon forced into the front of Shanhaiguan City, and the Guanning army was not defeated, but was forced to the corner to wait for help.

Wu Sangui, who was commanding the battle in the city, was anxious, he didn't expect that Li Zicheng's old Dashun battalion soldiers would be so strong in combat effectiveness, and if they fought directly with the Qing army, they were afraid that they would not lose much.

Wu Sangui cast a hopeful gaze at the sea from time to time, but at this time, the Bohai Sea was unusually quiet, not even a trace of wind could be heard, and there was not even a wave on the sea.

"What about Qi Yaowu, what about Liu Si, why haven't they come yet!?"

Listening to Wu Sangui's constant roar, the Guan Ning army guarding the city on the city also faced each other, and didn't know how to answer, since the supplies were sent that time, the various units of the Qi army suddenly disappeared, and they didn't know where they went.

There is only one sentence left for Wu Sangui:

"Regardless of the cost, stick to Shanhaiguan."

At this time, Wu Sangui was loyal to understand what the four words at any cost meant, and led 30,000 elite Guanning cavalry to return to the past, and even Wang Zheng had to be on guard.

In fact, when the two sides were fighting fiercely, Liu Si had already led the southeast fleet to the mouth of the Liao River.

The southeast fleet was loaded with 30,000 Qi troops and 20,000 Dinghai, and the Qi army would land there with only one purpose, that is, to take advantage of the weakness of Liaodong's defense to take Shengjing and cut off the root of the Tartars.

After the Qi army landed, Liu Si would leave enough transport ships for the Qi army to return at the mouth of the Liao River, as well as some ships to escort them.

The 20,000 Ding Navy will return to Bohai Bay, and when Qi Yaowu casts a signal flanking attack, they will fire artillery from the sea to attack the Dashun soldiers, and if they are forced to do so, they will even land from Shihekou to cooperate in the battle.

In fact, Qi Yaowu led 20,000 Qi troops to land on the east bank of the Shihe River long before the two sides started the war, but he did not directly order a flanking attack, but waited, waiting for an opportunity when the Dashun army was sleepy.

is exactly the same as Dorgon's intentions in history, Wang Zheng is to use the Battle of Shanhaiguan to consume Wu Sangui's family foundation, and he is also waiting for the best time to decide the victory or defeat in a battle.

Li Zicheng's Dashun soldiers have an advantage in troops, and all of them are the elite of the old battalion, which should not be underestimated.

If it is a hard fight, unless these 20,000 people are forbidden troops, Qi Yaowu will not be sure of victory, and he can also understand King Qi's defense of Wu Sangui.

It was reasonable and reasonable, Qi Yaowu had to wait patiently.