Now that the choice has been made, those Khitan soldiers who decided to gamble naturally no longer hesitate, and immediately rushed to the mountain passage where the gunfire had stopped and the smoke had not yet dissipated, trying to exchange speed for a chance to survive. However, the facts once again made them realize the huge gap between hope and reality. The Khitan soldiers who rushed into the mountain pass soon found that not only was their choice not the best one, but on the contrary, their choice was probably the worst one—they had to lower the speed of the horse they had just lifted not far after entering the mountain pass. Because of the "obstacles" on the road ahead, the corpses of the Khitans who rushed in before were all over the place, and the dead and wounded were pillowed, so that the latecomers could not get up quickly at all. And there is only one direct consequence of slowing down the horse, and that is to become the target of those ambushes on the top of the mountain.

However, considering that his first task is to kill and injure the enemy troops as much as possible, rather than prevent them from entering the mountain passes. Therefore, Mutter, who commanded the battle on the top of the mountain on the north side, did not give the order to open fire when the Khitan soldiers entered the mountain pass, but waited patiently, intending to wait until the front peak of the Khitan soldiers approached the exit on the other side of the mountain pass, and then give the order to fire, in order to maximize the results of the battle.

Mutel's side delayed firing, but the Khitan soldiers in the mountain passage made a wrong judgment. After running through the first half of the mountain pass without any resistance, these Khitan soldiers, who originally held the belief of nine deaths, kept thanking God for the blessing in their hearts, and at the same time became more and more confident that they could break through this ghost gate. However, this unrealistic hope is not realised, and it will last very short. Just when the group of Khitan soldiers who rushed to the front were only fifty or sixty steps away from the exit on the other side of the mountain pass, the roar and explosion that had been silent for a long time appeared above their heads again, hitting their eardrums. And with these sounds, the mountain passage was filled with gunsmoke again, and the Khitan soldiers who were still full of confidence just now fell in pieces. The farthest of the Khitan soldiers was less than ten paces away from the exit on the other side of the passage. In normal times, the distance they rode over ten paces was only a blink of an eye, and even some Khitan soldiers with superb riding skills could leap over them under the condition of riding a good horse. But now, this short distance of ten steps is so far away, so far that it is insurmountable, so far away that it is separated from life and death.

Although they were fiercely blocked, for the Khitan soldiers who had already entered the mountain pass, there was no other choice but to continue to rush forward, even if what was waiting for them in front of them was the bloody mouth of the god of death. However, no matter how brave and fearless these Khitan soldiers were, their flesh and blood were still so vulnerable in the face of the rain of bullets and the fragments of grenades and shells flying in the sky. From the time the Khitan soldiers decided to start storming the mountain pass, to Zuihou, a Khitan soldier who had the courage to enter this death passage, fell less than twenty steps away from the exit on the other side of the pass. It was just the work of a meal, and there were already a mountain of corpses in this mountain passage that was long and no more than 100 steps wide, and there were no less than 5,000 Khitan soldiers killed and wounded in it, and only 2 or 300 Khitan people who really escaped from the exit on the other side. At this time, it is said that it is a gallop on horseback, but it is very difficult to walk through this mountain pass on foot.

Faced with such a result, those Khitan soldiers who had planned to gamble their luck but had not yet rushed into the mountain passage had already given up the idea of breaking through the ghost gate at this time, or turned their horses' heads and prepared to flee into the mountains and hills on both sides; Or because the fighting spirit has been completely broken and loses the courage to fight again, throw the weapon in his hand to the ground, and follow the example of those comrades who have already decided to surrender, kneel on the ground and stop moving. …,

The situation in the mountain pass, although it made Mutel lament the horror of the battle, did not arouse his sympathy. Seeing that many Khitan soldiers had fled into the surrounding mountains and hills, and planned to save their lives through the dense jungle and shrubs, Muttel ordered most of the firepower of the main force of the cavalry regiment ambushed on the top of the mountain to turn to the Khitan soldiers who had not yet completely collapsed, and at the same time signaled his herald to shoot three red signal flares into the sky - although many Khitan soldiers under the mountain saw these three signal flares, they did not know anything about their meaning and function. Now all they were thinking about was how to escape, and where did they still have the heart to study the meaning of the three dazzling red lights in the sky.

Just when a large number of Khitan soldiers were trying to escape from here, there was a sudden change behind them that they had always thought was safe and indeed had nothing to do. A group of about five or six hundred people, all of them with black helmets, black armor and black cloaks, stepped down the cavalry of all black horses. At first, the Khitan soldiers thought that they were friendly troops who had been left behind, but when the cavalry got closer, they found that the other party was completely different from any Khitan cavalry they were familiar with, whether it was dressed, the marching queue, and the flags they were flying.

Not only were the horsemen on horseback covered from head to toe in heavy iron armor, but their helmets were also covered with masks that covered their entire faces, revealing only their two eyes, and even their mounts were covered in leather armor inlaid with iron leaves. The weapons in their hands were not the spears, lances, and broadswords of the usual cavalry, but iron rods set on wooden pedestals. Their two flags, one large and one small, one red and one black, were also distinctive, with only patterns on them and no inscriptions indicating their affiliation or identity as commanders—the larger red banner was embroidered with a flying golden dragon, and the smaller black banner was a ribbed tiger with two wings. The most unique thing is that behind this group of cavalry, there are actually more than a dozen or twenty carriages drawn by two, four, or even six armored horses, with very special shapes and four wheels.

Although the other party's clothing and flag did not provide a basis for identifying him, almost all Khitan soldiers who saw this cavalry judged the same - this cavalry was an enemy army and an opponent. Because almost all the Khitan soldiers recognized the very distinctive and very distinctive weapon in their hands - muskets. The war has been going on so far, it can be said that even the most stupid and ignorant Khitan soldiers know that there are only two armies that use muskets today, one is the "Shenji Army" of the Southern Zhou State, and the other is the "mysterious army" that has been fighting against the Khitan army, but he doesn't even know much about the other party's belonging and name. According to previous news, Zhou's "Zen Machine Army" is all infantry, and it is impossible to have such a cavalry army that can be almost armed to the teeth. Moreover, the Zhou army has been stationed under Youzhou City since the first battle of Baoxingzhuang, and it is impossible to rush to Yuguan, which is hundreds of miles away, so quickly.

Although almost none of the Khitan soldiers had ever had the idea of turning around and running back—even when they realized that the road ahead was no longer feasible, when the black-armored cavalry appeared behind them, blocking the retreat route that was almost impossible for them to use, these Khitan soldiers were still subconsciously nervous and panicked. And the impact of this tension and panic on each Khitan soldier is different - those who still have the courage and blood of a man immediately turn their hearts sideways, hold the idea of death, wave the weapons in their hands, shout, howl, or rush to the mountain passage in front, or kill the team of black-armored cavalry; Those who had lost their fighting spirit and were in complete despair, but could no longer have the heart to resist, either rolled off their horses and prepared to be prisoners, or pulled their horses' heads and ran for their lives in the mountains and jungles on both sides. In an instant, the Khitan soldiers, who had originally gathered into several large chunks due to the similarity of the escape plan chosen, completely collapsed, and could no longer engage in organized battles. …,

Seeing that the Khitan soldiers suddenly dispersed, the black-armored cavalry that had originally gathered together immediately changed formations and divided into three teams. The middle team faced the Khitan soldiers who came over desperately and rushed forward without evading. The two teams next to him, one north and one south, circled towards the left and right wings in a large arc, trying their best to intercept the Khitan rout who tried to escape into the mountainous jungle.

It was a battle of great disparity in equipment, quality, will, and morale - in fact, Muttle, who was watching from the top of the mountain, preferred to call it a massacre. In front of the "Ranger Battalion" wearing heavy armor, armed with various firearms, and carrying chariots loaded with light and heavy machine guns and even mortars to provide fire cover for them, whether it is those Khitan soldiers who rush at the enemy with weapons brandished, or those Khitan routs who only care about fleeing and do not even dare to look at their opponents, the fate is almost the same. They were swept off their horses by a rain of bullets a hundred paces or even two or three hundred paces away from their opponents, and there was no chance of fighting back - even if they did, their weapons would hardly be lethal to their heavily armored opponents.

The battle in front of the Gushan Pass began at the end of the day and was basically over by noon. According to subsequent statistics, of the more than 30,000 Khitan cavalry who fled here, more than 10,000 were killed, more than 15,000 were captured, and finally rushed through the mountain passage to escape, or ran into the mountain jungle to temporarily escape the catastrophe of the Khitan cavalry There are only about 5,000 Khitan cavalry - as for whether the Khitan cavalry who ran into the mountain jungle can return to the nearby states and counties alive, it is not a matter of concern to cross the team armed forces. If we count the casualties in the attack on Guancheng and the bombardment of the big camp, the 50,000 Khitan cavalry who attacked Yuguan were probably less than one-tenth of the total number of Khitan cavalry who could return to Runzhou or Laizhou alive. As for those villagers and servants, they were originally brought in by the Khitans to make up the numbers, and the crossing team was not interested in counting them in the number of enemies annihilated—especially when the villagers and servants who fled were really scattered after leaving the Khitan army camp, and there was no way to count them at all.

Of course, in the battle of Yuguan-Gushankou, although the crossing team armament can be called a complete victory, it is not without regrets. First, on the first day of the battle to defend the city, only the "security army" was sent to participate in the battle, so the losses were relatively large, and the casualties exceeded 1,000. Such a loss is still quite heavy for the crossing team armament, after all, in the previous battle of Baoxingzhuang and the siege of Youzhou, the total loss of the crossing team was only more than 1,000 people. Although Qian Yuanshan made such a tactical arrangement to stabilize the Khitan army outside Yuguan, it was still a pity for such a large loss for the crossing team with limited troops.

Second, before the war, although the honor guard banner of the Khitan "sleeping king" emperor was seen in the camp of the Khitan army, and a considerable number of leather room palace guards and cavalry participated in the battle, the crossing team not only did not see Yelu Jing from beginning to end, let alone captured, but also did not even find any trace of other important officials of the Khitan court. That is to say, the so-called Khitan Emperor personally drove the expedition and led a large army to garrison Yuguan City, which was completely under the guise of the Khitan people in order to cooperate with his tactics of attacking the east and west, and throwing out the pretense of deceiving the armed forces of the crossing team. Although the brothers knew that the other party was playing tricks for a long time, whether it was Wang Kunjun or Qian Yuanshan and others, they still had more or less in their hearts the idea of being able to catch or kill Ye Lujing and accumulate more political capital for the future development of the crossing team.

However, whether it is a big victory or a regret, with the end of the battle of Gushankou, these problems are no longer the focus of Wang Kunjun, Qian Yuanshan and others. With a telegram from Xu Shao'an, everyone's eyes were attracted from Yuguan, which had already dispersed the smoke of gunpowder, to Juyongguan, where the war was in full swing.