In the past, the Mongols used to use engineering tools such as ladders to rush up to the city and fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army, but now they are basically long-range attacks, or frontal feints, but in fact they are still long-range attacks.

Their gunpowder seems to have run out, and their artillery is no longer used, that is, they are attacking Bauhinia Pass with bed crossbows and trebuchets.

The pressure on the Ming army was much less, but sometimes the catapult machine crossbows that shot indiscriminately without following the rules and looking for the right time always brought great panic to the Ming army, and when the Ming army was ready to return fire with artillery, they ran out of the range of the Ming artillery.

This put a lot of pressure on the Ming army.

Li Chengliang was ready to ask the court for help for the third time, and yesterday, there were less than 30,000 soldiers left, and there were not too many dead in the battle, but the number of deserters and killed deserters was more, which made Li Chengliang feel exhausted.

There is nothing more tiring than fighting the enemy army while dealing with the internal deserters, the seventy-year-old veteran is already difficult to hold on, these days, Li Chengliang has been thinking about his experience of making a comeback this time, and has come to a very frustrating conclusion.

Failed, very completely.

Both militarily and politically, they themselves failed, and their last chance was lost.

Li Chengliang knows very well what the emperor's purpose is, and what kind of answer sheet he gave the emperor, I have to say that he did a very bad job, not only did not achieve his goal militarily, but also lost a clean score politically, and now I don't know if it has been lost to the extent of a negative number.

The double failure of military and politics made his last chance to recover is gone, and after that, if he can survive, it is probably to support his old age until the end of his life, and then die peacefully, this is his best ending, and when future generations mention themselves, they can probably remember their own scenery back then.

Perhaps, this is also a kind of happiness, right?

Looking at Chai Guozhu's constantly running figure, Li Chengliang seemed to see himself back then.

It's really stupid, it's clear that it's already in the last years of the wind and candles, what are you fighting for?

After a lifetime of fighting, he has fought for a position that is almost the pinnacle of military generals, and his own struggle has reached the peak of military generals, and then the generals, even if they are Xiao Ruxun, how high can they be? Is it possible to return the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to its original position?

It's impossible to imagine and know, and since it's already like this, why cling to it? What is the purpose of attachment, what is the goal, and what do you get?

This is almost to the point where the battle situation is not guaranteed in the late season?

Li Chengliang felt as if he had seen through a lot of things that he couldn't see through before, and he looked down on a lot of things that he hadn't looked down on before.

The career before the age of forty gave himself too much blow, making him almost crazy in the pursuit of fame and fortune, but in the end, the pursuit still has to die, this body cannot become young, it is impossible to return to the original years, Li Chengliang is already old, and it is almost time to die, which is irreversible.

Li Chengliang, who pursues everything, is really coming to an end.

Chai Guozhu was running again, it seemed that the Mongols were about to start attacking the city again, Li Chengliang smiled bitterly.

At this time, Li Chengliang couldn't help but think of the young man who reactivated his heart that had gradually settled down, the young general who achieved the same status as himself, and the person who shook his status, if it weren't for him, maybe he wouldn't be so persistent in starting the pursuit of fame and fortune again, right?

To put it bluntly, he is not willing to be the queen of others, since he is a military general, he does not expect to compete with the literati, but even if he is a military general, he must be the first among military generals, and the military general among military generals, that is enough to satisfy himself, so as to give up continuing to strive for fame and fortune.

It's just unwilling.

But it was this unwillingness that allowed him to take the most wrong step.

Regret it?

No regrets.

Although he was unwilling, although he was a little enlightened, Li Chengliang did not regret his mistake.

Because in the final analysis, he is not a civilian official, but a military general! The horse leather shroud is also the greatest wish of famous generals since ancient times, and it is an honor!

To be able to draw an end to your military career, instead of ending abruptly and unprepared, is also your own dream, a complete period, a wonderful dream.

Now, it seems that this dream is coming true!

Although Li Chengliang wanted to hypnotize himself like this, the reality could not allow him to continue to hypnotize himself, so he had to return to reality and face difficult problems.

And now the only thing that can be counted on is the arrival of reinforcements, he has asked for help twice, and is preparing to do a third call, and when the reinforcements will arrive, it is still a question.

He calculated the distance and time, and felt that his son should have arrived, but why hadn't he seen even a single Liaodong cavalry until now?

Son, come on, your father and me...... I really can't bear it......

It was probably Li Chengliang's sincere call, and this time, God finally heard it.

At noon on the second day of the first month of the 26th year of Wanli, a strange army arrived at Bauhinia Pass, under the banner of the Ming Dynasty, wearing the military uniform of the Beijing camp, but it was an army that felt completely different from the Beijing camp soldiers, and more importantly, this army pulled a lot of artillery, roughly counted, there must be nearly 100 artillery.

This is not only the Francophone gun and the tiger squat cannon that Li Chengliang is familiar with, but also a kind of artillery that Li Chengliang has never seen before, this kind of artillery looks extremely powerful, because it is really big.

Li Chengliang took a cursory look, and there was actually a cannon body more than a zhang long, even if it was a little shorter, it was about eight feet, compared to this kind of cannon, the Furlong machine gun was like a toy.

When this army arrived at Bauhinia Pass, it caused a lot of commotion, because the Mongols did not attack the city at this time, so Li Chengliang also went to see it in person, and was very surprised after seeing it, and was looking for the general of this army.

A very fresh-faced general appeared in front of Li Chengliang.

"Li Gong, the last general will be His Majesty's subordinates of Admiral Xiao Ruxun, the commander of the Imperial Border Pingyu, and lead the three thousand southern troops of the town to help fight Bauhinia Pass, and the 20,000 cavalry of Admiral Xiao and Linggongzi Li are on the way to come, and they will arrive soon, please don't worry about Li Gong, when Admiral Xiao arrives and completes the handover, Li Gong can return to Beijing."

As soon as Wang Hui's words came out, Li Chengliang was stunned, and at this moment, Li Chengliang didn't have time to ask about the artillery, so he was shocked and said: "Xiao Ruxun? Isn't he in Burma? Tiannan corner, how did he get here? Do you want to replace the old man as the commander-in-chief? How is this possible?! ”

Wang Hui didn't say much, and handed the emperor's handwritten military order handed over to him by Xiao Ruxun to Li Chengliang.

Li Chengliang snatched the handwritten letter with his hand, and when he saw some familiar fonts on it, as well as the traces under the big seal, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning.

"Gong Li! Li Gong! Li Gong!! Li Gong!! ”

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The call of the soldiers became more and more distant, and Li Chengliang soon lost consciousness.