Wu Sangui evacuated overnight, and the army led by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin won a complete victory, and when Li Zicheng climbed a stone city wall, he laughed, in his opinion, Shanhaiguan was already in the bag.

Wu Sangui is familiar with the terrain of the Shanhaiguan generation, and led the sergeants under his command to evacuate Shanhaiguan, he should be able to find a place to hide, but Li Zicheng is not in a hurry, he has already deployed heavy troops on all the main roads of Yongping Mansion, and Wu Sangui has no chance to escape.

In Li Zicheng's eyes, the battle of a piece of stone has ended, but he never imagined that the real battle of a piece of stone has just begun at this moment, and a more fierce battle is waiting for him and the sergeants under his command.

Huang Taiji received a report from the sergeant sent by Wu Sangui in the middle of the night that Shanhaiguan was empty, and there was no sergeant stationed there, and it was possible for the Dashun army to occupy it before dawn.

After getting this news, Huang Taiji was shocked, and Dolgon and others expressed doubts about the authenticity of this news, whether this could be the fake news spread by Wu Sangui and the Dashun army.

Huang Taiji clapped the board, and would rather believe it.

Soon, Dolgon himself led an army of 50,000 and headed for Shanhaiguan overnight.

Until Dolgon entered the Shanhaiguan, it felt like a dream, and there were indeed no soldiers stationed at the Shanhaiguan.

However, before Dolgon had time to rejoice, he immediately received news that a large number of sergeants were coming towards Shanhaiguan, which should be the sergeants of the Dashun army, and there were many of them, at least more than 200,000 people.

Shanhaiguan as the pass to guard the city of Beijing, the special topography of its has long been prestigious, from the direction of Jinzhou Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, the road is steep, Shanhaiguan stands in the most dangerous place, a husband when the pass is not open, can go from the capital to Shanhaiguan. The terrain is much gentler, and there is nothing to rely on.

This means that the 200,000 Dashun troops who came to Shanhaiguan can storm Shanhaiguan.

Once Dolgon could not hold the Shanhai Pass and was forced to retreat to Ningyuan, it meant that the Qing State lost the best opportunity to enter the Central Plains. Dorgon could not afford such a crime.

Faintly, Dolgon was aware of Wu Sangui's intentions, it seemed that Wu Sangui was thinking about the tragic battle between the Eight Banners Army and the Dashun Army, but Wu Sangui could not resist the attack of the Dashun Army, so he evacuated Shanhaiguan, and at the same time was unwilling to evacuate, and pulled the Eight Banners Army to carry the Dashun Army to the death.

However, all this analysis is not important, and the most important task at hand is to desperately defend Shanhaiguan. Waiting for Huang Taiji to lead the army to come to help.

Dolgon knew very well that with the 50,000 Eight Banner Army under his command, it was a bit whimsical to defeat the 200,000 Dashun Army, but the soldiers of the 50,000 Eight Banner Army could still resist the attack of the Dashun Army and delay time.

Dorgon ordered Abatai to report to the Emperor. I implore Huang Taiji to quickly send a large army to help.

The rumors that the Eight Banners Army was not good at attacking and defending the city have become history, after the twenty-four banners were raised simultaneously. The Eight Banners of Khan overcame this deficiency very well, and the army of 50,000 Eight Banners led by Dolgon, including 20,000 Eight Banners of Khan, these soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan have extraordinary abilities in guarding the city.

Dorgon was confident that he would only need to hold out for most of the day. The army led by Huang Taiji will definitely be able to arrive, and at that time, the Eight Banners Army will not only hold the Shanhai Pass, but will completely defeat the Dashun army, and even be able to point directly at the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Three quarters of the hour. Nearly 200,000 sergeants of the Dashun Army led by Liu Zongmin arrived at Shanhaiguan first.

Shanhaiguan is not an empty city, there is a flag on the city wall, and if you look closely, it is the banner of the Houjin Tartar.

Liu Zongmin's face instantly turned red, and he scolded Wu Sangui, he thought that Wu Sangui had surrendered to Houjin Tartar and surrendered Shanhaiguan to Houjin Tartar.

The Houjin Tartars stationed at Shanhaiguan were a huge threat to the capital, and they must not be allowed to occupy Shanhaiguan, otherwise the Dashun army may encounter a catastrophe.

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Zongmin ordered the army to begin an attack on Shanhaiguan.

The fierce battle began......

More than an hour has passed, there are already too many corpses under the city wall of Shanhaiguan, and the bloody scene is impossible to look at, but Liu Zongmin did not stop fighting, he still organized round after round of charges, the Dashun army has sergeants, it doesn't matter if you lose some sergeants, the key is to take back Shanhaiguan and drive the Houjin Tartars out, so that the Dashun army is safe.

Dolgon on the city wall, he didn't expect the Dashun army to be so tenacious, he was not afraid of death at all, there were already too many corpses under the city wall, but the shock wave continued.

Dolgon has bitter self-knowledge, he originally thought that with 50,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army, he could easily hold the Shanhai Pass, but now it seems that it is not necessarily, he used to look down on the Dashun Army, that is, the Liukou, at this time he did not dare to underestimate it, stationed on the city wall of the Eight Banners of Khan, the losses were also heavy, and the casualties had exceeded 3,000 people, you must know that this is a battle to defend the city, and the Eight Banners Army occupies an absolute advantage.

Dolgon sent people to the direction of Ningyuan again, the purpose was to urge the reinforcing Emperor Taiji to speed up, otherwise he really couldn't hold it for a long time.

After Li Zicheng got the news, he was also shocked, what it meant to lose Shanhaiguan, he knew very well, maybe at this time, he began to regret not being able to envelop Wu Sangui, but everything happened, regret didn't have much effect, now taking Shanhaiguan is the most important thing, otherwise it will be difficult for the Dashun army to defend the safety of the capital.

From Shanhaiguan to the capital, all the way is a flat place, and there is no dangerous place to guard at all.

Li Zicheng did not hesitate and decided to lead the army to Shanhaiguan in person.

During this period, Li Zicheng had already sent a sergeant to investigate where Wu Sangui had gone, and after the news that Shanhaiguan was occupied by the Houjin Tartars, Li Zicheng concluded that Wu Sangui had surrendered to the Houjin Tartars, so he ordered the sergeants not to continue to search for Wu Sangui, and the army marched in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Li Zicheng's judgment saved Wu Sangui, at least the tens of thousands of troops under Wu Sangui's command.

Tens of thousands of troops led by Wu Sangui, it is impossible to completely hide their whereabouts, once they are discovered, then there is only a chance to escape, yesterday's battle they occupied a stone Jiumen Shuikou, with a terrain advantage, still can not defeat the Dashun army, now lose all the geographical advantages, then only the share of the fiasco.

After detecting that Li Zicheng led the army to Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui led the army under his command to desperately evacuate from the direction of Funingwei in the direction of Shuntianfu, of course, after entering Shuntianfu, Wu Sangui chose to evacuate in the direction of Hejian Mansion, and went there to find Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

The army led by Li Zicheng arrived at Shanhaiguan at noon.

Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin's point of view is exactly the same, must take Shanhaiguan, no matter how many soldiers are lost, can not stop the attack, during this period Liu Zongmin reported that the Houjin Tartars guarding Shanhaiguan are also quite numerous, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, Liu Zongmin has not finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Zicheng, and he began to personally command the army to attack Shanhaiguan.

The fierce fighting began again.

Dolgon's pressure increased suddenly.

He even went to the city wall to direct the battle, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were also sent to fight on the city wall, and the rain of arrows in the sky, the whizzing bows and crossbows, the countless ladders, and the blood that burst out everywhere, all became dangers in Dorgon's eyes.

Dolgon gave the order to die, and he must hold it, even if there was only one man left, and everyone was killed in battle, he went straight to the top.

Dorgon angrily reprimanded his own soldiers and refused to evacuate the walls.

The fierce fighting lasted from noon to Shen, and two hours passed.

The casualties on both sides were heavy, Li Zicheng had to temporarily stop the attack, and Dolgon also took advantage of this time to take a breather and began to arrange troops again, and he even began to complain that Ningyuan was less than a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan, even if it was a snail, it had crawled over at this time, why had the reinforcements led by Huang Taiji not arrived.

The casualties of the Eight Banners Army have exceeded 5,000, and more importantly, morale has suffered a heavy blow.

The casualties of the Dashun army should have exceeded 10,000, but from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, this casualty is nothing to the Dashun army.

At the moment of Shen, the attack began again, this time the momentum of the Dashun army was very fierce, and there were tens of thousands of people involved in the charge, and from the city wall, it was densely packed with people.

The sergeants guarding the city wall were already trembling.

Dolgon's face turned grim, and he pulled out the steel knife at his waist.

"If anyone retreats, there will be no mercy, and if I retreat, you can kill me as well......"

The fierce fighting began again......

It was finally getting dark.

Dolgon breathed a sigh of relief, he was finally free, after dark, the Dashun army could not attack the city, even if it was a battle in the field, it was rarely carried out after dark.

In the battle that was close to two hours just now, the casualties of the Eight Banners Army exceeded 10,000, which is a rare loss, you must know that the opposite side is the Dashun army, not the Zheng army.

Dolgon also felt strange why the army led by Huang Taiji had not yet arrived at Shanhaiguan.

After he got down the city wall, he found that Huang Taiji had entered the Shanhaiguan.

Looking at the solemn expression of Huang Taiji, Dolgon instantly understood the meaning, it turned out that Huang Taiji had already arrived at Shanhaiguan, but instead of sending a large army to help, he let Dolgon lead the soldiers to resist desperately.

Of course, Huang Taiji made sense to do this, if all the troops rushing to the city wall were reinforced, they would be able to repel the attack of the Dashun army very smoothly, but it would not be so easy to completely defeat the Dashun army.

The army led by Huang Taiji, the spirit is right, the next morning out of the Shanhaiguan, the impact of the Dashun army camp, will be able to defeat the Dashun army in one fell swoop, you must know that Huang Taiji led the yellow flag and the yellow flag in the eight banners.

Dorgon did not complain, he saw the hope of victory. (To be continued.) )