At this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and the dust flew by like a dragon of earth, and the golden cavalry threw thousands of arrows, and then went away again.

Alas!

Seeing this situation, Man Gui could only helplessly hang his head, although under the cover of shields and shield carts, the casualties of the soldiers were not heavy, but this situation of being beaten was extremely serious for morale, and it might lead to mutiny.

…

On the other side, in the Houjin camp, all the Jurchen generals looked excited, and Huang Taiji's new strategy was used correctly.

"Yue Zhen, how are our casualties?"

Huang Taiji said calmly, although the strategy has worked, it will take a lot of time to defeat the Ming army.

"Hui Great Khan, according to the reports of the cattle records below, in the two days of attack, we have killed a total of 262 people and wounded 514 people, of which 78 people were killed and 133 people were wounded in the Eight Banners."

Hearing Huang Taiji's question, Yue Zhi replied.

"And what about the casualties of the Ming army?"

Huang Taiji asked again, this casualty was still within his expectations, 20,000 cavalry attacked in turn every day, and only a few hundred people were killed or wounded, which was already very small.

"Back to the Great Khan, according to estimates, the casualties of the Ming army should be around two thousand."

After thinking for a while, Yue Xuan said that although the Ming army had a camp and shield protection, the camp of the Ming army was too simple, and with the protection of the shield alone, it was impossible to block all the arrows, and the casualties were much greater than theirs.

"Then continue, as long as it takes a while, the Ming army will collapse on its own."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji nodded.

…

At this time, a hundred miles away from Beijing, a large army was slowly advancing.

In the Central Military Department, Yuan Chonghuan held the map in his hand, and while looking at the map, he looked in the direction of the Beijing Division from time to time.

"How's the news from the spies?"

Yuan Chonghuan looked at Luo Qing, the deputy chief soldier beside him, the specific plan for encircling and suppressing the Jurchens this time was formulated by Sun Chengzong, and Zhu Youzhen personally made the decision.

"Back to the governor, the scout has been confirmed, the Jurchens are still in Beijing, and they are entangled with the tens of thousands brought by Deng Kui."

Luo Qing arched his hand and said: "In addition, General Guo's soldiers are stationed in Baodi, and 20,000 soldiers and horses are going to Zunhua, wanting to recapture Zunhua City." ”

"Let the soldiers speed up, advance another twenty miles, and then set up camp on the spot."

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Chonghuan ordered that the speed of the army's advance was not fast, and that it could only advance forty or fifty miles a day under the condition of ensuring that it had enough physical strength to deal with the sudden appearance of the enemy.

Twenty miles further, they are only about eighty miles away from the capital, and the Jurchen scouts are also about fifty miles away, and they should be discovered by the Jurchens' scouts tomorrow.

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

Luo Qing nodded in response.

…

Zunhua City.

At this time, in the city lord's mansion, Fan Wencheng was enjoying the service of a beautiful woman with a comfortable face, he was originally a son of an official family, his ancestral home was Shenyang, his great-grandfather Fan Rui, who was the secretary of the military department of the Jiajing Dynasty, and his grandfather Fan Shen, whose official position was the commander of Shenyang Wei.

At the beginning, after Nurhachi captured Fushun, he and his brother Wen Yu were taken captive and incorporated into one of the Eight Banners with red flags as slaves, and later he and his brother Wen Yu took the initiative to ask to see Nurhachi.

Because their brothers were all scholars, Nurhachi saw that they were literate, so he asked them to be clerks by his side and follow the army on the expedition, and later after Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan, he treated him even more kindly.

Because he can speak eloquently and is good at using tactics, this time Huang Taiji entered the customs, he took him with him, he did not let Huang Taiji disappoint, for Huang Taiji appeased Panjiakou, Malanyu, Santunying, Malan Pass, Da'ankou five passes, before Huang Taiji took people to the capital, leaving him and the general Ying Erdai stationed in Zunhua.

Just as he was fantasizing about how Huang Taiji would reward him after returning to Liaodong, at this time, a soldier of the Eight Banners hurriedly walked in and said, "Fan Wencheng, the general is invited." ”

"I'll go."

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng hurriedly said.

After a while, Fan Wencheng came to the courtyard where Yingordai was.

"Fan Wencheng, just now the scout came to report, twenty miles away, I found a Ming army coming towards Zunhua City, this Ming army is about twenty or thirty thousand people, what should we do?"

Although Ying Ordai is asking questions, his attitude is still arrogant, and his tone is full of commands, although Fan Wencheng is very courteous to Huang Taiji, but in his eyes, a slave is always a slave.

"Lord Inordai, could this be wrong?"

Fan Wencheng said respectfully: "Now that the Ming army in the pass has already gone to the Ming capital Qinwang, it is impossible to come here?" ”

"This general has his own measure."

Ying Erdai said coldly: "You say what to do, you don't have the right to worry about anything else." ”

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng was not angry, he was not surprised by Ying Erdai's attitude, although Huang Taiji treated them Han with courtesy, but in the eyes of most Jurchens, they were still just slaves.

After thinking for a while, Fan Wencheng said respectfully: "Lord Yingordai, now we only have 800 people in the city, according to what the slaves can see, let's give up Zunhua City and go to join the Great Khan, this city can't be defended, if we stay, we will definitely die." ”

Although he was courteous to Huang Taiji, he was still a flag slave with a red flag, and Ying Ordai was a general with a white flag, and he could only call himself a slave in front of Ying Ordai.

Peng!

The next moment, Ying Erdai suddenly kicked out, directly kicked Fan Wencheng out of the distance, and then said coldly: "Dog minion, this general is asking you to find a way, not to let you abandon the city, don't think that the Great Khan values you, you are not a minion, Ben will tell you, a slave is a minion, no matter how much the Great Khan values you, you are still a minion, and if you abandon the city, Ben will slaughter you as a dog minion!" ”

"Your Excellency forgives your sins, your lords forgive your sins!"

Fan Wencheng endured the severe pain and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Tell me, what are we going to do next?"

Ying Erdai didn't look at Fan Wencheng, but said coldly, he didn't know that staying here was just a dead end, but when Huang Taiji handed this place over to him, it was to let him hold the retreat.

Now Xifengkou has been recaptured by the Ming army, they want to leave the pass can only go to the Malan Pass, Da'ankou these passes, if they lose Zunhua, these passes will definitely be recaptured by the Ming army, then they want to leave can only attack again, the price must not be small.

"Lord Yingordai, since you can't abandon the city, you can only let the people in the city go to the city wall to defend the city."

Fan Wencheng endured the pain and said: "Now the lord will send someone to drive all the young and strong men in the city to the city wall as soon as possible, and then control their son, so that they are not afraid that they will not work hard." ”

"In addition, we must send people to the Great Khan for help as soon as possible, these Ming troops are coming strangely, I'm afraid it's not easy behind it, and the Great Khan must be let know."

"It's up to you to drive the people of the city up the walls."

Inordai said calmly.

"Minions, let's go."

Fan Wencheng said while covering his wound.

………

Outside the capital, the camp of the Ming army.

Man Gui and Hou Shilu looked at the wounded soldiers in the battalion, with a sad look on their faces, in the past five days, the Jurchens' attacks have been too frequent, at least seven or eight waves of offensives every day, although there are camps and shields to cover, each time there are not many casualties, but they can't stand up many times, in the past five days, they have killed at least 3,000 people, and tens of thousands of people have been injured, at least one arrow.

With so many wounded soldiers, in addition to affecting morale, they also consumed a lot of medicinal materials, and more importantly, they didn't dare to reduce the number of soldiers on the front line, otherwise it would be dangerous for the Jurchens to take the opportunity to break through the camp.

"General soldier, General soldier."

At this time, Deng Kui hurriedly walked over: "Elder Sun Ge has arrived at the camp, let's go quickly." ”

"Old Sun Ge is here?"

Man Gui and the others were stunned for a moment, but then reacted and hurriedly said, "Go to the camp." ”

Soon, the three of them arrived at the camp.

"Three generals, just now Governor Yuan sent someone to send a message, they are only forty miles away from the capital, and the Jurchens will get the news soon."

Seeing the three of them coming in, Sun Chengzong was the first to speak: "We must be ready to attack. ”

"The subordinate officer receives the order!"

Hearing Sun Chengzong's words, the three of Man Gui responded loudly at the same time, after being a live target for a few days, they couldn't help it for a long time, and now that Yuan Chonghuan is coming, Huang Taiji and they will definitely have to withdraw, and their opportunity to beat the water dogs has come.

Especially Man Gui and Hou Shilu, their eyes flashed with murderous intent, their subordinates were all cavalry, but they were beaten so that they could only shrink into the camp, and now the opportunity for revenge has come.

………

At this time, in the Houjin camp, Huang Taiji was discussing with other generals about another frontal attack, although the current tactics were very effective, but there was also a big problem, that is, the consumption of arrows was too large.

They came to the capital this time, they didn't bring too many arrows, these five days have consumed nearly thirty percent of their arrows, if they continue to consume, they can only ride and slash in close quarters, although they do not want to fight in close quarters, but in this way, the loss will definitely be very large.

Now there have been a large number of wounded soldiers on the side of the Ming army, as long as they hold on for a few more days, the Ming army will have more wounded soldiers, and the morale will also drop greatly, and these Ming troops will definitely be easily defeated at that time.

At this moment, several of Huang Taiji's personal soldiers rushed into the camp with a scout horse with several arrows in his body.

"What's going on?"

Seeing this, Huang Taiji hurriedly asked, now that the capital has been blocked by them within a radius of dozens of miles, the Ming scouts basically dare not leave the capital, and the reinforcements from other places can't come so quickly, how could the scouts be so seriously injured.

"Great Khan, a Ming army has appeared forty miles to the south, numbering at least 100,000 or more, and the other party is coming this way."

The wounded scout said with a sigh of relief.

"How is that possible!"

Before Huang Taiji could speak, Yue Xuan, Dai Shan and others on the side had already exclaimed.

"What kind of flag is that Ming army hanging?"

After taking a deep breath, the angry Huang Taiji asked after forcibly suppressing it.

"Back to the Great Khan, the banner of the Ming army is like this."

As an ordinary soldier, he didn't understand the Han Chinese script, but he could still remember the basic shape.

"Yuan Chonghuan!"

Seeing the words written by the detective, Huang Taiji immediately gritted his teeth: "Su Hao! ”

Although he didn't know the specific arrangement of the Ming Dynasty's troops and horses, he still knew about Yuan Chonghuan taking more than 200,000 troops to encircle and suppress Su Hao in Shandong.

However, he was not worried that Yuan Chonghuan would enter the king of Beijing Qinwang before, because Su Hao was already trapped in Shandong, and his entry into the customs was no less than sending charcoal in the snow for Su Hao, even if Yuan Chonghuan wanted to enter Beijing, Su Hao would definitely stop him.

After all, the more seriously Da Ming was injured, the more it was a good thing for Su Hao, but now it seems that Su Hao didn't seem to have stopped Yuan Chonghuan at all, otherwise Yuan Chonghuan would never have rushed here so quickly.

"Take him down to heal."

After taking another deep breath, Huang Taiji commanded his own soldiers.

"What's next?"

After the detective was taken down, Dai Shan hurriedly asked.

"Withdraw to Guanwai!"

Huang Taiji said hatefully, this time it will not be possible to retreat, once the Ming army is surrounded, it will be difficult for them to escape.

As for the prestige or something, now is not the time to think about this issue, the soldiers and horses they bring are most of the elite of the Eight Banners, if they are all buried here, then the Jurchen clan will be completely finished, not to mention keeping Liaodong, and it may even be wiped out.

"Okay."

Hearing this, Dai Shan nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry, as one of the four great Baylors, although he was inferior to Huang Taiji and Amin in terms of strategic strength, it didn't mean that he was a fool.

Soon, Mang Gurtai and Azig, Dolgon, Duoduo and others outside the Guangqu Gate also returned to the Houjin camp with soldiers and horses.

However, along with it, there were thousands of Liaodong cavalry led by Wang Zhichen, Wang Zhichen did not lead the troops too close, but maintained a distance of ten miles, as if it was a wolf pack peeping at the prey, and at the same time, on the other side, Man Gui and Hou Shilu also lined up with cavalry outside the Ming army camp.

"Dai Shan, you lead people to retreat first, and I will take people to take care of the rear."

When the army was ready, Huang Taiji began to order: "Withdraw Zunhua City and leave from Da'ankou." ”

"Okay."

Dai Shan nodded, and then took a deep look at Huang Taiji, now Amin is still with nearly two thousand elites with blue flags in Yongping and Luanzhou to guard against the Ming army in Shanhaiguan and Liaodong, Huang Taiji's posture obviously did not intend to inform Amin.

But Dai Shan didn't say much, Amin is different from them, among the four big Baylors and the four little Baylors, he and Mang Gurtai, Huang Taiji and others are all sons of Nurhachi, only Amin is the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhaqi, and they are not all the way.

At this moment, in the distance, three fast horses galloped forward, but they were immediately stopped by the pro-soldiers on the periphery, and after a while, the three cavalrymen were brought to Huang Taiji.

"Great Khan, General Yingordai asked us to send an urgent letter that the Ming army is attacking Zunhua City, asking the Great Khan to send troops to support."

One of them took out a letter and held it high above his head.

"What did you say!"

Huang Taiji's face changed in an instant, his whole face became extremely red, and the next moment, with a "poof", a mouthful of blood spurted out, forming a blood mist in an instant.