Wu Xiang's father and son ran away, but Wu Sangui and Wu Sanfu did not leave. This escape is also exquisite, if you run away from the Shanhaiguan in a swarm of people, the group of dragons without a leader will definitely be in chaos immediately, and you have to leave one or two people to command.

After lunch, the Xuan army continued to attack, as the high-altitude reconnaissance battalion flew over the city wall to drop explosives, and the artillery battalion continued to bombard the city wall. But it is different from the morning, this time the artillery battalion does not use solid bullets but uses flowering shells, the reason why flowering shells were not used this morning is because the range of flowering shells is closer than solid bullets, and it is more difficult to manufacture, store and transport flowering shells than solid bullets, and the number of flowering shells carried this time is not much, so Zhao Yongxin was reluctant to use them in the morning battle, but the battle has already reached this, Zhao Yongxin is also out of the way, and the shelling began to order to be replaced with flowering shells, For a time, the sound of explosions on the city of Shanhaiguan came and went, and the defenders were blown up in misery.

"Boom ......"

A twelve-pound flowering bomb exploded less than thirty paces away from Wu Sangui, and the violent blast shock wave lifted the surrounding green bricks, and the flying city bricks blew up the three defenders who were evading around them.

"Who's going to save me......"

"Come on...... Help me carry my brother down......"

The terrible screams were endless, and the cries for help of the defenders were everywhere.

Listening to these screams, Wu Sangui only felt a little upset, the artillery bombardment of the Xuan army was too intensive, and the most hateful thing was that these heavenly killers actually used flowering shells. Speaking of flowering bombs Wu Sangui is no stranger, as early as the Ming Dynasty in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty had flowering bullets, but the cost of flowering bombs at this time is not cheap, the cost of each flowering bomb almost reached five taels and five dollars, this battle is not a flowering bomb but a white flower of silver.

The sound of explosions continued to sound on the city wall, and at some point, Wu Sanfeng trotted all the way to Wu Sangui's side and asked, "Second brother, we have to prepare early, if we continue to fight like this, the brothers may not be able to hold on." Why don't we go! ”

"No way!" Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "Now that Daddy and Third Brother have just left, we can't move yet, otherwise once the whole army collapses, none of us will be able to leave!" ”

"When will that be?" After most of the day's fighting, Wu Sanfeng really climbed a little, although he boasted of bravery, but in the face of irresistible artillery fire, he began to be timid.

"At least two more hours to go." Wu Sangui pondered for a while and explained: "Our father and third brother will not be able to go fast at all with their families and belongings, and it will be dark in two hours, so we will take advantage of the darkness to go out of the city so as not to attract attention, so that when it is dawn, even if the city is breached, the Xuan army will not be able to catch up with us." ”

"Alright then!" Although Wu Sanfeng was scared in his heart, he still nodded strongly. Soon he ran to the other side to command the troops.

It's just that the development of things is not as smooth as Wu Sangui said, after being bombarded by the Xuan army from the sky to the ground, the morale of the defenders has long been on the verge of collapse, although the defenders of Shanhaiguan are under the command of Wu Sangui and Wu Sanfeng The two brothers encouraged resistance, but in the afternoon Shen Shi was finally attacked by the Xuan army on the city wall, although Wu Sangui desperately sent people to take the city wall back, but after all, it was powerless to return to the sky, and soon the Xuan army gained a firm foothold on the city wall, and then more and more people poured in. When the first team of firecrackers also climbed the city wall, Shanhaiguan was declared to be breached, and Wu Sangui, who saw that the general trend had gone, immediately pulled Wu Sanfeng, and the two brothers led hundreds of soldiers to chase along the road where their Lao Tzu escaped......

I have to say that the Wu Sangui brothers were lucky. As soon as they ran out of the north gate not far away, the entire Shanhaiguan was declared to be breached, countless Xuanda troops swarmed into Shanhaiguan, this is known as the world's first pass Xiongguan in the Xuanda army under the onslaught of the Xuanda army only took one day to declare the city broken.

"The city is broken......

"The city is broken......

Yue Yang rode on horseback. Watching countless soldiers cheering and pouring into this majestic city, I felt a sigh of emotion in my heart, although Shanhaiguan is known as a pass that will never fall, but it has not been breached many times in history. Today, I am fortunate to be a part of the attack on it, but why don't I feel a little happy?

"Young Master......"

Shun Bao's voice sounded in Yue Yang's ears, Yue Yang looked back and saw that Shun Bao was looking at him with some worry on the side, he quickly put away the feelings in his heart and scolded: "You kid, now you are also a guerrilla general, why don't you understand anything at all." Now that we are in the army, you are still a young master and a young master, and if you let others listen to it, you can't gossip. ”

Shunbao lowered his head and said with some grievances: "Yes, the villain has been called for more than ten years, isn't it used to being called." ”

"You......" Yue Yang sighed lightly and waved his hand, "Don't take it as an example, okay...... You go and do things! ”

"Yes......"

The corners of Shunbao's mouth grinned, and he rode his horse towards the city gate with a happy face. Watching Shun Bao leave happily, Yue Yang shook his head helplessly, he naturally knew that Shun Bao had deliberately called himself that just now, since Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei and a large number of former Xuan generals entered his command, Shun Bao, Hu Laosan and Wu Chengfeng and a group of old subordinates seemed to feel the crisis, and the two sides always competed with each other intentionally or unintentionally when they were together, but it was something that Yue Yang was happy to see, after all, the most taboo thing for the superior was that his subordinates were firmly hugged, Only when subordinates form two or more groups to compete with each other, can the superior be in the middle.

As soon as the Wu Sangui brothers ran, the remnants of the city suddenly lost their unified command, most of the defenders had to kneel down and surrender, only a small number of diehards were still resisting sporadically, but this was no help to the overall situation, the Xuan army led by Yue Yang had all occupied Shanhaiguan when it was dark, and the 70,000 army had occupied all the strategic points, but when the soldiers of the Xuan army rushed into the Wu Mansion, they found that the Wu Mansion had already been empty, and only some rough old women and servants were left, and the people of the Wu family had long disappeared, After inquiry, I learned that the Wu family had already left the Wu Mansion a few hours ago, and I didn't know where to go.

"They must have gone to Jinzhou." After receiving the report, Yue Yang and his generals immediately came to a conclusion without thinking, because there was no place to go except for the Wu family father and son in Jinzhou.

"Pass the order down, rest here for a night, and immediately march to Jinzhou tomorrow!" Yue Yang gave the order without hesitation.

The next day, Yue Yang ordered Chu Di to lead 10,000 infantry to stay behind to guard Shanhaiguan, and he took the remaining 50,000 people on the road early in the morning and rushed towards Jinzhou......

Wu Sangui brothers quickly caught up with Wu Xiang's convoy after Shanhaiguan, and the Wu family did not dare to stop, and rushed to Jinzhou with Guanning iron cavalry day and night and on the third day.

When Zu Dashou saw the wolf bèi unbearable Wu family father and son. I couldn't believe my eyes.

"Lianghuan (Wu Xiang's expression), uncle, why are you so wolf, what happened?"

"Uncle......" Wu Sanfeng, Wu Sangui and Wu Sanfu The three brothers pouted and knelt in front of Zu Dashou together, crying bitterly, and the youngest Wu Sanfu convulsed and cried: "Uncle, Shanhaiguan...... Shanhaiguan is over! It was occupied by the heaven-killed Yue Yang and Xuan army! ”

"What...... Is this true? What the hell is going on? Zu Dashou was taken aback, Rao is he is usually known for his steadiness, but when he heard the news at first glance, the hands that wanted to help the Wu family brothers up couldn't help but tremble slightly.

It was not easy to listen to the Wu family brothers, and after you finished telling the story of what I said, Zu Dashou took a deep breath and asked, "So Yueyang came to arrest us by the will of the imperial court?" ”

Wu Sangui shook his head: "I don't know if Yue Yang arrested our nephew by the will of the imperial court, because the nephew did not see the holy decree, but the nephew can be sure that Yue Yang came with no good intentions this time." That Yueyang also looks up to us too much, and even brought 70,000 troops to our Liaodong, it seems that this time he will not give up if he does not wipe out my Wu family and ancestral family. ”

Zu Dashou sighed. "How can there be an impermeable wall in this world, a few days ago, we should have thought that things would be exposed when we introduced the Qing soldiers into the customs, but I didn't expect the reaction of the imperial court to be so fast, it seems that I still underestimated the reflection of the emperor and the elders of the court."

The youngest Wu Sanfu snorted lightly: "We just let go of the pass, and now the Qing soldiers have retreated, and the pass has been re-sent to garrison, if the court wants to deal with us, it only needs to come to reprimand and demote the officials by two levels, but the court is good, and directly sent the Xuan army, they obviously want our lives!" ”

Wu Xiang said to himself. didn't notice that Wu Xiang, Zu Dashou and others smiled bitterly. Wu Sanfu is less than seventeen years old this year, so he can naturally say it unscrupulously, but they are different, the two old fritters in officialdom who are more than 100 years old together naturally know what can be done and what cannot be done in officialdom.

Just as they used to eat empty salaries, drink the blood of soldiers, or steal and sell military supplies. Although this is expressly forbidden by the imperial court, but in today's general environment, it is natural that almost all military generals are doing what they do. But what they did a few days ago is obviously beyond the bottom line that the court can tolerate, and the court raised you to defend against the Tartars. But you colluded with the Tartars to enter the customs, which no ruler could tolerate, and they were prepared for it. It's just that what they didn't expect was that the imperial court would react so quickly, and the army sent was still the Xuanda army, which was the strongest in the Ming Dynasty, and it seemed that Zhu Youzhen really hated them to the core.

Liang Jiuzu Dashou said: "Since the matter has been done, let's not regret it, if you come, you will be safe, you can live here with peace of mind, although Jinzhou is not as strong as Shanhaiguan, but it is not so easy for Yueyang to take it lightly!" ”

The father and son of the Wu family glanced at each other, although several people had something to say in their hearts, they still swallowed the words in their stomachs, and after they saluted Zu Dashou, they went down to settle down.

Watching the four Wu family father and son out of the hall, Zu Dashou said to the two brothers Zu Dale, Zu Da Congee and the eldest son Zu Zerun next to him with a calm face: "You immediately order the whole city to be on guard, mobilize Qingzhuang to hurry up and transport the base stones and rolling wood to the city wall, and the artillery and guns on the city wall should also be carefully checked, if my expectations are good, Yueyang should arrive tomorrow." ”

Zu Zerun couldn't help but say: "Father, although we have tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Jinzhou, the city is considered strong, but there is not much grain and grass in the city, if Yueyang besieges us, what should we do?" ”

"Hmm...... Run'er has a point. Zu Dashou pondered for a while and then said: "In this way, Ze'er, you will immediately transfer your mother and the family members in the house to the Jiepai Pass overnight." By the way, you should tell your uncle and take their family members with you. ”

"What...... Boundary? Zu Zerun was taken aback, "Father, there are less than two thousand defenders in Jiepai Pass, and it is less than two hundred miles away from Shengjing, what do you want to ......" Zu Zerun couldn't go on. At this time, he had already guessed Zu Dashou's thoughts in his heart, and this thought made him feel extremely frightened.

"You guessed right." Zu Dashou laughed miserably: "For my father, this is planning for the worst, you don't want to think about it, Shanhaiguan is so dangerous terrain and strong city walls, plus tens of thousands of defenders, but even a day to declare the city broken, is our Jinzhou stronger and more dangerous than Shanhaiguan?" If Jinzhou City is broken, are you really willing to be captured, escorted into Beijing, and beheaded on the spot? ”

"Yes...... Can...... But we can't take refuge in the Tartars! Zu Zerun stammered when he spoke in a hurry, "We have been fighting with the Tartars for many years, but we have killed a lot of them, if we pass, can we still get it?" Besides. Now the emperor of the Tartars is not Huang Taiji, and the new emperor Dolgon does not have the heart of Huang Taiji, in case ...... In case ......" Speaking of this, Zu Zerun couldn't go on.

"But do you have a better way?" Zu Dashou just asked rhetorically, and Zu Zerun was speechless. Yes, today's Ah Ming no longer has a place for them and the Wu family, and they have nowhere to go except to the Manchu Qing Dynasty when looking at the world.

After convincing his son, Zu Dashou turned his head and asked Zu Dale and Zu Da Congee on the side: "What do you think about the arrangement for your brother?" ”

The two shook their heads in unison, and Zu Dale smiled bitterly: "Big brother, what else do we have to say after the matter has come to this." You can't write two ancestral characters in one stroke. We have always been a family, and the road was chosen by us together, so naturally we should bear the consequences together. It's just that our ancestors were loyal and good in the past, but in the end, they ...... Alas......" Speaking of this, Zu Dale's voice choked.

Zu Dashou's eyes also showed a hint of regret. It's just that it quickly flashed away, and he said viciously: "I can't care about so much, the court is bent on us dying, so we can't wait to be killed, right?" Run'er. You go and do it right away, the life and death of our ancestral family depends on the present day! ”

Zu Dashou's hunch was right, just the morning of the second day after Zu Zerun's family was sent to the Jiepai Pass overnight. The Xuanda army that came from Shanhaiguan drove to the city of Jinzhou, looking at the sun and moon flags hunting outside, Zu Dashou and other Liaodong generals were full of emotion. Once upon a time, they were also part of the Ming army, and they also fought side by side with the army under the city under this banner, but today they have become enemies, which is really a trick.

Although the generals in Jinzhou City had already prepared for the arrival of the Xuan army, they still couldn't help but gasp in their hearts when they saw the Xuan army outside the city that still maintained high morale after several days of long journeys and the neat phalanx.

Looking at the army outside the city, the Liaodong army felt both strange and familiar. They were surprised by the fact that they were wearing flags, and by the fact that the uniforms of these armies were all green, and they seemed to be unarmoured.

Zu Dale couldn't help but ask Wu Sangui on the side: "Uncle Chang, what's going on with these Xuan Dajun?" Why are all these Xuan armies not wearing armor? Isn't Xuan Dajun notoriously wealthy? Or do they really think they're invulnerable? ”

Wu Sangui shook his head solemnly and said, "Second uncle, you must not underestimate the clothes on the Xuan army, a few days ago, my nephew fought with them in Shanhaiguan, and found that although they did not have armor on their bodies, each of them wore a set of sleeveless light armor, this kind of light armor is less than five catties, and it is very tough, ordinary arrows and swords can not break it, it is with these light armor that the foot soldiers of the Xuan army can travel eighty miles a day to chase us all the way to Jinzhou. ”

The faces of the people around him became even more solemn after listening to Wu Sangui's words.

While he was talking, Zu Dashou on the tower of the city gate saw a red horse slowly walking out of the phalanx in the military array outside the city, and a man in green clothes on the body of the war horse walked out of the phalanx, and held up a clairvoyant-like thing in front of the phalanx to look at the city. The generals of the Liaodong Army naturally also have this kind of thing, and they also saw the Xuanda army who walked out of the phalanx.

Although Zu Dashou didn't know anyone who came, with his decades of career as a horseman, he noticed the other party's extraordinaryness at a glance, and he said softly: "This person must be that Yueyang Yue Zhenghong, right?" ”

Wu Sanfu on the side gritted his teeth and said: "The second thief is that Yue Yang, who led the Xuan army to massacre my Liaodong soldiers in Shanhaiguan!" ”

Looking at Yue Yang, who was still calm and relaxed on a horse, Zu Dashou couldn't help but sigh: "It is indeed extraordinary, no wonder it can beat people and wolves." ”

Zu Dashou and others expected that the Xuanda army immediately attacked the city did not happen, and the Xuanda army on the opposite side looked at each other for a while in the array and the Liaodong army on the city wall, and then slowly retreated under the officer's order, and then set up camp ten miles away.

Although Xuan's army did not immediately attack the city today, Zu Dashou and the generals did not feel a trace of relaxation, they knew that a brutal battle awaited them the next day...... (To be continued......)