"Governor, Jiannu's offensive is very fierce, almost desperate. I'm afraid that Malanyuguan will not last long."

Luo Qing shook his head. There was no problem with the Jurchens whether they were riding or shooting or infantry battles. They would be cavalry on horseback and infantry off. The ability to siege was not weak. Although there were no siege equipment, the Jurchens did not care about casualties at all. There were few defenders on Malanyuguan. Under the Jurchens' offensive that did not care about casualties, it was difficult to hold on.

"Then the order Guo Qin to let everyone on his side rush on the road. If they can reach Malanyuguan within one hour, those who arrive will receive ten taels of silver!"

After thinking for a while, Yuan Chonghuan gritted his teeth and said, "He can't catch up." He is still seventy or eighty miles away from Malanyuguan. No matter how fast he is, he will have to arrive tomorrow. When they arrive, it will be too late."

However, Guo Qin is less than thirty miles away from Malanyuguan now. If he marched desperately, he should be able to catch up. Although the price of ten taels of silver per person is not small, if all the Jurchens can be wiped out in the pass, no matter how big the price is, it is worth it.

"yes."

Luo Qing nodded and replied.

…

At Malanyu Pass.

The cruel battle in the city wall was in full swing, and countless soldiers' corpses filled the narrow passages on the city wall, including Ming army and Later Jin, but the losses in the Later Jin side were even greater. At least thousands of corpses were piled up under the city wall, but there were still a steady stream of Later Jin soldiers climbing up along the claw hook.

On the other hand, Zhao Rushu Sect and Deng Kui and other Ming army masters were fighting with many Jurchen masters. The entire wall was destroyed. Zhao Rushu Sect faced Dai Shan. Although his strength was not as strong as Dai Shan, as a horizontal martial artist, Zhao Rushu Sect still held Dai Shan with a first-class realm, although the price was quite high.

"Zhao Rujiao, Benbeile will give you a way out of Malanyuguan, Benbeile will let you take people away!"

Looking at the setting sun, Dai Shan gritted his teeth and said that these Ming troops were more difficult than he thought. They had already died in battle, but they still fought to the death. If it was dark and the Ming troops had the advantage of the city wall, their situation would be even worse.

"Daishan, since you have chosen to enter the pass, then stay here with peace of mind!"

Hearing this, Zhao Rujiao showed a grim smile on his face, and it looked even more ferocious with the blood on his face, the broken left arm, and the scars on his body.

"kill!"

Dai Shan roared again: "If you don't break the barrier, you can't retreat. Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Zhao Rujiao also roared: "Stop these Jiannu, reinforcements are more than ten miles away. When the reinforcements arrive, these Jiannu will die."

The next moment, the two turned into two afterimages and collided again. Zhao Rujiao held a knife in one hand. Although he was already in serious condition, Zhao Rujiao was even more fierce. He forced Dai Shan back several steps with one sword, and then the two fought again into a group.

…

On the other side, in the battlefield between Man Gui and Hou Shilu and others, although Yu Xiao restrained Dorgon and the others, the situation on the battlefield still tilted towards the Jurchens. Some of the cavalry under Man Gui and Hou Shilu had already begun to flee.

"retreat!"

Seeing this, Man Gui could only roar loudly to retreat. This level had reached its limit. He could still reorganize his troops and fight again without collapse. Once he completely collapsed, he would be powerless to turn things around.

When Man Gui and Hou Shilu led their troops to evacuate, Li Hongsheng and Yu Xiao followed closely behind and evacuated the battlefield.

"Stop chasing, hurry up and go to Malanyuguan."

Seeing that Dorgon and the other two wanted to chase him again, Huang Taiji quickly stopped him: "The other Ming troops are going to chase him."

It is not difficult to completely defeat the cavalry under Man Gui and Hou Shilu, but it also takes a lot of time. Once the other Ming troops arrive at Malanyu Pass first and completely block the pass, they can only find other passes, and the losses they had previously attacked the city will be in vain.

Hearing Huang Taiji's voice, Dorgon and the other two gave up their desire to pursue and led their troops to Malanyuguan.

………

On the city wall.

Zhao Rushu's face was already showing fatigue. Although the horizontal martial artist had a long physical strength, he was weaker than Dai Shan. It was already the limit to being able to resist this level.

On the other hand, Dai Shan's face was not good. Looking at Zhao Ru Sect, who was still in high spirits of fighting, Dai Shan's heart sank. There was not much demonic power in his body. Once the demonic power was exhausted, he would have to be slaughtered by Zhao Ru Sect.

Thinking of this, Dai Shan tightened his hand holding the weapon, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes. The demonic power in his body began to boil, and the degree of demonization of the whole person became more obvious, and a snake tail grew behind him.

Flipping the snake's tail, Dai Shan knew very well that he could not continue to drag it down. He could not take it down before dark, and other Ming troops would arrive.

At this moment, a large area of ​​dust appeared in the distance, and there were sounds of horse hooves. The flag representing Huang Taiji in the wind was extremely conspicuous.

Seeing the flag, Dai Shan was instantly happy and his demonic power was relaxed a little, but the next moment, Zhao Ru Sect's long sword crackled again.

"Zhao Rujiao, are you crazy?"

Seeing that Zhao Rujiao was still entangled, Dai Shan said coldly: "The khan has arrived. If you continue to entangle, there is only one way to die!"

"That depends on who is faster!"

Zhao Rui taught Dan Dan to do that, his hands were still moving, and one knife was as fast as another, suppressing Dai Shan almost had no power to fight back.

Hearing Zhao Ru Sect's words, Dai Shan's face changed. After forcing Zhao Ru Sect with all his strength, he turned his head to look at the other side. The brigade of Ming troops was coming to this side at an extremely fast speed, and it was the 20,000 troops responsible for attacking Zunhua City.

With this distraction, Zhao Ru Sect's long sword attacked again, reaching the vital point of Daishan. For a moment, Daishan could only resist.

…

In just a moment, thousands of cavalry led by Huang Taiji came to the pass, and on the other side, the Ming army in the brigade slowly came to the pass from another road.

"Khan, should we defeat these Ming troops first?"

Looking at the Ming army coming from another road, Dorgon frowned. If he didn't defeat him, if these people blocked the pass, Yue Tuo would not have the intention to escape from the pass.

"Snatch the Guancheng first!"

After pondering for a while, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said, although the other party was moving forward, the gate was already a mountainous area, and there was no place for cavalry to unfold formations. It was not impossible to attack, but it would definitely take less time. It would be better to capture Xiaguan City first and then see that there was no chance to defeat this Ming army.

…

On the other side.

On the city wall, Deng Kui glanced at the Jurchen cavalry coming towards this side, repelled the opponent with one move, flashed to Zhao Rujiao, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, evacuate first, you can't stop it!"

Now they are unable to block Daishan's side. If Huang Taiji joins, they will definitely lose. Guancheng will also fall into the hands of the Jurchens. Instead of dying for nothing, it is better to take a step back and cut off the other Jurchens' way into Malanyuguan.

】

Hearing Deng Kui's words, Zhao Rujiao glanced at the other Ming army masters on the city wall. They had more than a hundred people before, but now they are less than half.

"withdraw!"

Zhao Rujiao gritted his teeth and said, they had already tried their best, and it would be useless to hold on to it.

"withdraw!"

Under the order of Zhao Rujiao, a large number of Ming troops on the city wall hurriedly retreated to the Great Wall on the west side, while Zhao Rujiao led the remaining 100 personal soldiers to be responsible for cutting off the rear.

"Stop chasing."

Seeing that there was no chance to keep the Ming army of Zhao Rujiao completely, Dai Shan shouted: "Close the door first and welcome the Khan in!"

Their purpose is to take over Guancheng. If they have the opportunity to keep Zhao Lu and teach them, it is naturally the best. But if they don’t have the chance, they can only take over Malanyuguan to gain weight.

…

"Khan, should I send troops to rescue Yue Tu and the others?"

Looking at the cavalry that continued to enter the city of Guancheng, Dai Shan said with a tired look on his face. Although he was not seriously injured, his demonic power was almost exhausted and he didn't have much strength to fight another battle.

"Send someone to inform Yue Tuo and ask him to bring his troops back immediately.

”

Looking at the Ming army lined up outside the pass, Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said that nearly half of the eight banner elites were from the five thousand soldiers and horses that Yue Tuo brought. If he gave up like this, he would not be willing to give up, but if he went to rescue, he would be powerless.

More and more Ming troops gathered here. If they leave Guancheng, they are likely to be blocked in the pass. Even if they are not allowed to die, they will have to wait for Yue Tuo to bring his troops back, otherwise he will be powerless.

"good."

Upon hearing this, Dai Shan nodded and picked a second-rate master from his personal soldiers to inform Yue Tuo.

Time passed little by little, Huang Taiji and Dai Shan stared at the gate, but Yue Tuo's figure was gone, but instead he waited for two Ming troops, one of which was 20,000 people brought by Deng Kui from the capital, and the other was the cavalry led by Man Gui and Hou Shilu.

"Send the order and go back to the grassland!"

Seeing the Ming army gathering more and more, Huang Taiji could only grit his teeth and said, "If you wait any longer, they may have a crisis."

"yes."

Dai Shan sighed and went down to pass the order. The current situation did not allow them to continue to stay. The Ming army gathered more and more. If they continued to stay, they would even have to sacrifice some of their troops to leave safely.

Soon, a group of cavalry left Malanyuguan, and Huang Taiji personally led his own soldiers to cut off the rear.

After the Jurchens left, Zhao Rujiao and Deng Kui reoccupied Malanyuguan.

…

On the other side, seeing Huang Taiji leading the cavalry back to the grassland, Man Gui and Hou Shilu immediately led their cavalry toward the battlefield where Wang Zhichen was.

………

Looking at Malanyuguan in the distance from a distance, Huang Taiji's face was extremely gloomy. It was a great situation, but he didn't expect that he would fall into such a miserable state.

After returning to the ground, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "What's the loss?"

"There are only 6,435 tribes who returned to the grassland."

Du Du said in a stern voice.

Hearing this, Huang Taiji's body couldn't help but scurry. For him, it would be fine if the servants and the Mongolians were gone. No matter how many deaths were, he would not feel sorry for them, but those Eight Banners elites were the foundation of their Jurchens.

Even when facing Yang Hao's encirclement and attack on Shenyang City, there were no such heavy casualties. This was not an ordinary Eight Banners soldier, but an elite force. Each elite force was cultivated by spending a lot of resources.

The entire Eight Banners Army had only more than 20,000 elite troops. Seven or eight thousand people were lost at one time, and nearly 40% of the elite troops were no longer a damaging force, but a foundation.

The main reason for choosing to enter the pass was that the Jurchen tribe had been fighting for many years and the tribe had a serious shortage of food. In order to solve the food problem, he took the risk of suggesting entering the pass.
To be continued...