The Jin infantry who were left behind and cut off also did not last long.

They lined up in the streets, and some climbed onto the rooftops to shoot arrows. In other words, bows and arrows can inflict sporadic damage on the Ming army, and the frontal confrontation cannot withstand the impact of mixed cold and hot weapons.

"Woo woo~~~"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

But it was Chen Ziyi who led the cavalry and entered through the city gate of Chitang Pass. Knowing that the Jin soldiers on the main road of Guancheng had been defeated, they immediately rushed out with cavalry, trying to leave more retreating enemy troops behind.

Smoke came out of the granary in the city, and because the Jin soldiers set fire to it in a hurry, at least half of the grain and grass could be saved under the rapid rescue of the Ming soldiers.

At the north gate of the city, there were many Jin infantry blocked.

There are Jurchen, Bohai, Khitan, Xi, and Han people...... All of them were frightened, their fear of the unknown overshadowed their bravery, and now they only knew that they were running for their lives, but they blocked themselves at the city gates.

Chen Ziyi could only lead the cavalry to shoot arrows repeatedly, and the Jin army on one side of the city was so frightened that they fled to both sides, and ran along the root of the city wall, and the weapon had long been lost.

The routed soldiers in the cave of the city gate had nowhere to escape, so they could only squeeze forward more frantically.

The more crowded it became, the tighter it became, and there was no room to turn around, and a large number of routs were squeezed to the ground, and then trampled to death.

The rout is in a hurry, Chen Ziyi is also in a hurry, he still wants to chase it out, but now he is completely blocked by the rout.

"Put down your weapons and only kill the Jurchen!"

"Put down your weapons and only kill the Jurchen!"

Chen Ziyi shouted twice, and the cavalry under his command shouted.

In order to survive, the defeated soldiers of the Jin State on the inner side of the city wall surrendered one after another on their knees, and some even took the opportunity to kill the Jurchen soldiers to make meritorious contributions.

The defeated soldiers in the cave of the city gate, but it was difficult to surrender, and while shouting for mercy, they involuntarily squeezed out.

After tossing for a long time, the city gate hole was finally opened, and corpses could be seen everywhere inside, and nine out of ten were trampled to death.

Outside the northern wall of Chitang Pass, the rout soldiers who broke free were fleeing, extending two miles in groups. Chen Ziyi led the cavalry to kill all the way, shouting "only kill the Jurchens" along the way, but in fact, he only killed the unlucky people who stood in the way.

More and more of the rout leaned against the mountain walls on both sides, giving way to the valley passage and surrendering on their knees.

After running for several miles, there is already a valley mouth in front of you, and the valley is suddenly open up outside.

Wanyan Zonghan had already fled with the cavalry, and even brought a large number of spare war horses to let the infantry who escaped from the valley run away.

Chen Ziyi continued to run wildly for ten miles, and in front of him was a formation of tens of thousands of Jin Guobu cavalry.

The Jin soldiers, who had already been beaten out of the psychological shadow, were frightened, scared and tired at the moment, but they could still form a formation in the field, and even organize cavalry to launch a counter-charge against Chen Ziyi.

"Retreat to the valley!"

Chen Ziyi's thousands of cavalry, all the way to pursue the rout, now that they have made enough money, there is no need to exchange lives with the top elite of the Jin country.

Seeing the Ming cavalry withdrawing, Wanyan Zonghan also breathed a sigh of relief.

He can't retreat anymore, he has to block this place. Because once the road is awayed, the Ming army can turn to the southeast, block the retreat of the Jin soldiers at Shiling Pass, and then attack Shiling Pass in the north and south.

……

A few light cavalry of the Jin Kingdom galloped towards Shiling Pass, which was twelve miles away.

The Wanyan Lou Room was responsible for guarding it, and because the terrain was easier to defend and more difficult to attack, the number of golden soldiers here was only a few thousand.

The Ming army that attacked Shiling Pass, Li Jinyi was the main general, and Yao Pingzhong and Guo Yaoshi were the deputy generals.

This is also a valley terrain, but at the mouth of the valley to the north, there is a rocky ridge. The Stone Ridge Pass was built on the ridge, and the artillery could only fire at an elevation angle, and it was very difficult to hit.

After two months of shelling, Shiling Pass remained unmoving.

If the military rations are sufficient, Wanyan Lou thinks that he can defend it for several years.

The light cavalry entered the city and let Wanyan Lou quickly lead the troops to evacuate.

"Why is Chitang Pass gone? There are 20,000 troops there! Wan Yan Lou said in horror.

The light cavalry in charge of the messenger said: "The enemy has a firearm that can explode in the crowd, and our warriors really can't stop it. The marshal only evacuated with more than 10,000 soldiers, and our army lost seven or eight thousand men at Chitang Pass. Here quickly retreat north, the marshal is leading troops to meet in the north, and it will be too late to delay any longer! ”

Wanyan Lou immediately organized the infantry and the people to carry the baggage, and sent all the cavalry to join Wanyan Zonghan, while the soldiers at the head of the city pretended that nothing had happened.

After nightfall, the whole army in the city retreated north and left Shiling Pass to chase the transport troops.

On the morning of the next day, Li Jinyi, Yao Pingzhong, and Guo Yaoshi came out to shell and attack the city as usual. They didn't notice anything unusual, the Jin flag was still erected at the head of the city, and the Jin soldiers usually hid behind the female wall and couldn't see it.

From mid-morning to noon, a few Ming light cavalry rushed from the south.

The reason why the messengers of the Ming army were slower was that the distance was much longer, and they had to go in a large circle to the south and then to the east.

The messenger found Li Jinyi and said, "Li Hou, the Chitang Pass has been broken, and the Shiling Pass may be empty!" ”

Li Jinyi was overjoyed: "I immediately sent troops to test it." ”

The soldiers of Yao Pingzhong and Guo Yaoshi sent two teams respectively to attack from the east and west, and soon occupied the city wall without incident.

"The Chitang Pass, which is heavily garrisoned, can be conquered by our army, and the Jin soldiers are not far from defeat." Pharmacist Guo smiled happily.

He is now the viscount of the Ming Dynasty, with the military rank of General Ningyuan of Zhengwupin, and the military rank of deputy division commander. The veterans under his command lost a lot last year in Shouyang, and all of them were replenished and expanded.

Yao Pingzhong said: "You have to chase after it quickly, maybe you can catch it." ”

Li Jinyi left 1,000 soldiers to garrison Shiling Pass, threw all the people in the pass to assist in the defense, and personally led the army to pursue at full speed without baggage.

……

"How much Heavenshaking Thunder is left?"

"I couldn't hold back it for a while, and I threw it all away."

"Next time...... Save on it. ”

Zhang Guangdao really doesn't want to criticize anything, after all, in this offensive operation, the grenadiers fought very well.

The earth-shattering thunder on the Shanxi battlefield was made by the Cizhou Ordnance Factory.

Cizhou is the second iron-smelting base of Daming, and its steel output is second only to Xuzhou. Porcelain is also produced here, and natural magnets are also produced, and legend has it that China's earliest compass came to Cizhou.

In addition, Cizhou is the northern end of the Hebei River in Fukou, and the weapons built there can be quickly transported to Shanxi.

After most of the Ming army entered the city, Zhang Guangdao left the attacking troops to defend the city, asked the doctor to hurry to help the wounded soldiers, and then led the rest of the troops out of the pass to pursue.

The Jin soldiers who escaped were all on horseback, and even the infantry were on horseback.

After Yan Zonghan pacified the troops, not only did he not continue to retreat, but instead fought back to block the valley mouth.

It wasn't until night that Zhang Guangdao arrived with the main force, mixed the musketeers into a large formation of progressive soldiers, and tried to fight out of the valley without waiting for the artillery to arrive.

The black light is blind, and the two sides are purely fighting together.

All the Jin soldiers rode horses and fought and retreated, which was nothing more than delaying time and dragging the troops to Wanyan Lou's room to withdraw safely.

At dawn, there was a report from the Malays, saying that Yan Lou had led the troops to withdraw to the predetermined location, and Yan Zonghan quickly left with the army.

Zhang Guangdao didn't know what was going on the other side, and he was afraid of being ambushed by the Jin cavalry in the dark, so he sent light cavalry to investigate everywhere, and waited for the artillery to arrive at dawn before chasing and killing.

But after Yan Zonghan and Yan Lou's room converged, before the troops withdrew into Xinzhou City, a messenger suddenly came to Dingxiang County in the east.

The messenger said: "Marshal, the county seat of Wutai is gone!" ”

Wanyan Zonghan exclaimed: "Isn't there a heavy garrison at Yangxing Valley? Wutai County, could it be that it was attacked by a group of chaotic people? ”

The messenger explained: "The Ming army did not come from the valley to the south, but from the east along the Hutuo River. ”

"Nonsense, the Hutuo River Valley is simply impassable with the army!" Wanyan Zonghan was furious.

The messenger said: "It is really from the Hutuo River, and the Ming army is carrying the Yuezi banner. ”

Wanyan Lou Room sighed: "Xinzhou can't stay any longer, we have to abandon this place, and the whole army will withdraw to Shuozhou." ”

The two Ming armies in the south can chase after Xinzhou City overnight.

The Ming army in the east that broke through Wutai County will definitely unite with the local rebel army, and will soon kill Dingxiang County, attack and kill the Jin soldiers at the mouth of Yangxing Valley from the rear, and help the Ming army and the rebel army in Shouyang County to open up the valley.

At that time, if the Jin soldiers remained in Xinzhou, they would encounter the dilemma of being attacked from three sides.

……

Wutai County.

Yue Fei's corporal was exhausted, so he only left one-third to maintain law and order, and by the way, he cleared the golden soldiers and fine works in the city.

The rest of the troops, all lying down and resting.

Their route of attack did not belong to the Taihang Eight Mountains, but forcibly marched along the Hutuo River Valley. From time to time, they have to go over mountains and mountains, and they can't carry heavy baggage at all, and medium-sized armor is cumbersome, so the whole army directly changes into light armor and hurries.

The true treasure monk of Wutai Mountain was the guide, and there were Wutai County rebels all the way to respond.

After traveling for more than a month, all the grain and grass he carried with him were eaten. The rebels in Wutai County did not have much food, so they took out the only rations one after another, and then ate grass roots and bark with Yue's army, and finally successfully arrived in Wutai County.

There were not many Jin soldiers stationed in Wutai County, only a few hundred, and the rest were all Shanxi Han troops.

As soon as Yue Fei led the troops out of the mountain, there were several monks in the righteous army who went to Wutai County to report to the defenders. It was not a collaboration with the enemy and a traitor, but a liaison with the Han army defending the city to defect.

The next night, the tired and hungry Yuejia army and the Wutai rebels killed the county seat.

Many people noticed it along the way, but no one reported to Jin Bing.

Even the local gentry and clans also hoped that the Ming Dynasty would recover Wutai as soon as possible, so that they would not have to be repeatedly plundered by the Jin soldiers and the righteous army in the future.

Countless torches were lit outside the city, and the Han soldiers in the city took the opportunity to set fires, and there was chaos inside and outside Wutai County.

Hundreds of golden soldiers, shocked.

They woke up in the night and hurried to defend the city, but the city was also full of fire, and then the Han soldiers defending the city defected on a large scale. In such a situation, the Jin soldiers could only abandon the city and flee.

The Yue family army was so tired that they were so hungry that they didn't have the physical strength to pursue at all, so they could only let those golden soldiers escape.

"General, there is a bandit to vote."

"But the local rebels?"

"It's not the local rebels, it's the Liaodong Han'er. The local rebels hated them to the core, and they all wanted to kill people. ”

"Quickly restrain them from fighting, I'll deal with it immediately!"

When Yue Fei arrived outside the city, the Liaodong Han army that had come to defect had already been surrounded by the local rebels.

(End of chapter)