Just as Ning Yuan was about to break the city, a group of cavalry suddenly came out from the gap in the city wall, and instantly rushed the Houjin army outside.

Zhu Youzhen looked down at the head of the city, and saw that it was Li Chongyao again, and her Guanning Iron Horse!

Li Chongyao slashed the halberd like a windmill, slitting the throats of several Houjin soldiers who stood in her way. When the blood on the enemy's neck spurted wildly, swaying and falling to the ground, she turned around and looked at Zhu Youzhen at the head of the city provocatively, as if to say: "Look, Miss Ben has to make a move!" ”

And the Tong Yang Zhenbu under the city also fell into a state of madness at this time. It is obviously impossible to retreat, one of their two legs can't outrun the four legs of Guan Ning Tieqi; Second, the main force of the Jurchen cavalry was rushing up from the rear, and if they turned around and retreated, they would be trampled to death by the horses' hooves in an instant.

Therefore, these traitor troops could only grit their teeth and continue to rush desperately under the city wall, hoping to collapse a few more city walls.

And Li Chongyao's Guanning Iron Cavalry still rushed out of the city from the gap and launched a merciless massacre of the enemy army. Although Tong Yangzhenbu resisted desperately, the cavalry was originally the nemesis of the infantry, and the Guanning iron cavalry was a heavy cavalry, and they were not afraid of ordinary bows and arrows at all, but they repeatedly rampage between the chariots and iron-wrapped carts of the Houjin army, killing the soldiers who pushed the carts to the point of blood.

Zhu Youzhen, Yuan Chonghuan and others at the head of the city saw that the battle situation had changed slightly, and before they had time to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw a large number of Jurchens dispatching a large number of cavalry, rushing towards Ning Yuan like arrows from the string.

Yuan Chonghuan's face turned cold and said: "The Tartars have finally dispatched cavalry!" Hurry up! ”

But at this time, the gunner was not as calm as the first two times. Although the Houjin army under the city could not defeat the Guanning Iron Cavalry, it still relied on the advantage of numbers and kept firing bows and arrows at the head of the city, causing certain casualties to the gunners.

As soon as the casualties began, these old mistakes of the Ming army were committed, and they were all frightened and hurried, and the speed and accuracy of the artillery were greatly reduced, and it took a few shots to fire a few shots for a long time.

The Zhengbai Banner cavalry led by Zilharang is the most elite unit in the Jurchen army, and its combat effectiveness is second only to the Zhenghuang Banner personally commanded by Nurhachi, and it is more powerful than the Yellow Banner of Huang Taiji.

Zilharan is a battle-hardened and experienced. He saw from afar the Ming army at the head of the city turning the Hongyi cannon, and knowing that it was about to be fired, he no longer marched in a straight line, but advanced in an unpredictable curve.

The Jurchen elite riders behind him, also under the leadership of their respective Niu Lu Ezhen, spread the formation far away, seemingly chaotic, but in fact, they echoed from end to end, like a boundless net.

In the face of such a fast-moving target, the gunners of the Ming army could not aim at all, and could only fire indiscriminately at the relatively dense places of the enemy army.

But after the fuse was lit, the formation of the Jurchen cavalry had already changed. The place that had been dense just now was empty. And the fuse has been lit, and it is impossible to adjust the cannon, so you can only wait quietly, watch the cannon pop out of the chamber, and then smash into the place where there is no one at all, stirring up dust in the sky.

And after this round of shelling, the vanguard of Zilharang had already rushed through the range of the Hongyi cannon and was gradually approaching the moat!

Li Chongyao saw it really under the city, of course he knew that the real opponent was finally coming, and when he pointed the double halberd in the direction of the Jurchen cavalry, he shouted: "Shoot!" ”

The Guanning Iron Cavalry under her command are all children of the Li family, and they have eaten together, practiced martial arts together, and performed formations together, and they have cooperated very tacitly. At this time, seeing that the main general gave the order, he left Tong Yangzhen's infantry alone, turned the horse's head to the front, and aimed at the rushing cavalry to open their bows and arrows.

Seeing that the Ming army was still a hundred paces away, Zilharang shot the sharp arrow over, and was also secretly surprised. But the vanguard of the charge with him was more than 100 white-armored cavalry, also wearing heavy armor, and they were not afraid of bows and arrows at all.

Therefore, they did not even hide, but only lowered their bodies slightly. After this round of arrow rain, except for a very few unlucky white-armored soldiers, who happened to be shot in the eye by sharp arrows and fell from their horses screaming, the vast majority of them were unscathed and rushed across the moat in one go.

"Rush!" Li Chongyao gave a simple command again, and then took the lead and rushed towards Zilharang.

When Zilharang saw a female general rushing from the opposite side, he knew that it was the enemy general who had killed a Jia La'e Zhen with the Yellow Banner before. Although he was known for his bravery, he was very alert, and immediately added twelve points of caution and waved the mace in his hand lightly. Several white-armored soldiers beside him understood, and immediately rushed forward slightly, protecting Zilharang in the middle.

The cavalry of the two armies hedged against each other, and the speed was so fast. Almost instantly, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Jurchen Cavalry collided fiercely.

It's a heavyweight showdown between heavy cavalry and heavy cavalry!

With both sides wearing heavy armor and fighting each other in close combat, the cavalry and archery tactics used by the Jurchens completely failed. Moreover, the battlefield by the moat is very narrow, and the space for the horses to move is extremely limited. As soon as the two sides got together, they immediately fell into a stormy battle. In an instant, the sound of weapons clashing, blunt weapons hitting armor, and the screams of warriors struck by sledgehammers or maces, resounded; The moat suddenly became a hell on earth!

The battle situation is temporarily in a stalemate, although everyone in Guanning Iron Cavalry has practiced martial arts since childhood, and their tricks are amazing, but the Jurchens are better than brute force. If the weapons of the two sides collided together, most of the losses were the Ming army, so the Guanning Iron Cavalry tried to avoid a hard fight with the enemy, but at the moment when the war horse was in the stirrup, it quickly and incoherently hit the ribs, necks and other parts of the Jurchen cavalry with less protection.

The Jurchens, on the other hand, used the simplest tricks to smash the Ming army vigorously, even at the expense of the same death.

Under these circumstances, the casualties of the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Jurchen Cavalry increased rapidly.

But after a long time, the large army of Zhengbai Banner also came over, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was a little unbearable. After all, they are not many in number, only about 1,000 when they are full; The cavalry of the Zhengbai Banner is 10,000 people, and although only half of the troops were used in this charge, it is several times more than the Guanning Iron Cavalry.

Zhu Youzhen saw that the enemy was outnumbered, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "Miss! Withdraw quickly! Just hold the gap! ”

Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth and said, "It's too late!" Come on, plug the gap for me! ”

"What!" Zhu Youzhen was shocked and said, "Now that the gap is blocked, the eldest lady and they won't be able to withdraw back!" Lord Yuan, did you watch them die in battle?! ”

Yuan Chonghuan was also anxious at this time, and yelled at Zhu Youzhen for the first time: "Your Highness, if you don't block the gap, the Tartars will rush into the city, and they will all die at that time!" The minister is also forced to do so! ”

"No! Absolutely not! Zhu Youzhen pointed at Yuan Chonghuan's nose angrily and said, "The Guanning Iron Cavalry is the hope of fighting against the Tartars in the future, and it can't be fought all at once!" If you dare to plug the gap, I... I..."

He "me" for a long time before he remembered that he had no soldiers and no power, and he really couldn't do anything to Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan saw Zhu Mei and the others hesitating, and roared: "This official is Ning Qiandao, he is the chief official of Ning Yuan, all the generals are controlled by this official, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you go! ”

Zhu Mei and the others didn't dare to disobey the order, so they had to close the gap with tears in their eyes.

Zhu Youzhen was so angry that he scolded: "Yuan Chonghuan, I will take care of your uncle!" And he hurried down to the city.

Yuan Chonghuan complained bitterly in his heart, secretly thinking that this time he had offended His Royal Highness King Xin. In fact, he had already seen that Zhu Youzhen was not so much worried about Guan Ning Tieqi as he was worried about Li Chongyao, but he just refused to break it.

But the city is about to be broken, and Yuan Chonghuan can't take care of it so much. He commanded the Ming army, and desperately threw the rolling logs and stones that had been prepared to the gap, and in a short time he was more than one person high. Although it was not very strong, at least the war horse could not rush in, and Yuan Chonghuan breathed a sigh of relief.

But when he looked down at the city, he was dumbfounded!

It turned out that I don't know when, Zhu Youzhen actually rode out of the gap, and now he is also blocked out of the gap!

"Your Highness! What are you going out for, don't come back soon! Yuan Chonghuan shouted angrily as if he had been struck by lightning.

"You blocked me, how can I go back?" Zhu Youzhen held a flintlock pistol in one hand and pulled the reins of the horse in the other, and said angrily, "Tell you Yuan Chonghuan, if Guan Ningtie can't ride into the city, I won't enter the city either!" ”

But when they shouted, some of the ear-eared Houjin soldiers had already heard it. Among them is Tong Yangzhen, who seemed to see pie falling from the sky, and yelled excitedly: "He is Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters!" Whoever can behead him will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! Capture alive, reward 10,000 taels of silver! As he spoke, he urged his mount and personally killed him.

Yuan Chonghuan was almost crazy, thinking that if Zhu Youzhen was killed or captured, would Ning Yuan still be a fart? Immediately yelled, and his voice changed tone: "Quickly open the gap and snatch King Xin in!" With that, he went down to the city, joined the soldiers who were demolished, and personally removed the stones from the gap!

Zhu Youzhen saw that his goal had been achieved, and shouted to the front with his throat pulled: "Miss! Retreat into the city! ”

Li Chongyao turned his head and saw that Zhu Youzhen personally rode out of the city to meet him, and he couldn't help but be greatly moved, and at the same time, he was afraid that Zhu Youzhen would be poisoned. She had already exchanged hands with Zilharang, and at this time she was busy slashing her halberd, forcing Zilharang to retreat slightly, shouting: "Withdraw!" ”

Guan Ning Iron Cavalry also suffered heavy casualties at this time, and if he did not retreat, he would be surrounded and annihilated by the white flag.

At this time, the gap had been opened, and Yuan Chonghuan rushed out of the city like crazy, grabbed Zhu Youzhen's horse's head, and dragged him into the city without saying anything.

Seeing that the Ming army wanted to withdraw, Jierharang was willing to stop, and chased after Li Chongyao closely, thinking that he would take advantage of this opportunity to rush into the city and grab the first credit!

In just a moment, Li Chongyao had already rushed to the gap. Seeing that Zhu Youzhen was still struggling to enter the city, she was so anxious that she shouted, "What are you waiting for? ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly smiled strangely and said, "I'll wait for him!" "Raising your hand is a shot!

With this gunshot, Zilharang, who was chasing after him, screamed miserably, turned over and fell off his horse!