"Then…according to the Overseer's intentions, he should be leaving the city?”
The dark-skinned Man Gui was like Zhang Yide from the Three Kingdoms. He widened his eyes and looked left and right in a daze.
"There are a total of fifty thousand soldiers in the city. The two generals will each lead twenty thousand to surround the left and right gates.”
Yuan Chonghuan gave the order and all the soldiers in the city were mobilized.
The excitement on Man Gui's face was reduced to two rows of porcelain white teeth as he grinned.
After the Battle of Sa Er Hu, Shanhai Pass had long been renovated into a huge city, completely different from the tourist attractions of later generations.
Zu Dashou put on his armor, and Man Gui held his spear. The two generals mounted their horses and marched along the two city gates under the dim light of the fire.
The 40,000 soldiers quickly dispersed. Looking down from the sky, they looked like two black dragons.
Yuan Chonghuan personally boarded the city gate and gazed at Qi Jiguang's figure in the snow under the faint night sky.
Just like that, the war began silently.
The sound of galloping horses finally broke the peace of the night.
"Report!"
"Report…"
Almost at the same time, scouts from different directions quickly came over and shouted at the top of their lungs,"General, the Ming army has moved out.”
"How many people?"
"The left and right gates each have at least twenty thousand soldiers!”
Upon hearing this, Qi Jiguang's gloomy face finally showed a trace of a smile: ""Pass down my order. All soldiers and horses are to gather as one and follow the flag back and forth.”
"I have received your order…"
"Yes…"
The deputy general, lieutenant, and other generals all cupped their fists in response.
The two messengers waved the huge war flag back and forth. As soon as the flag was raised, the warhorses immediately retreated.
The end of the line became the head, and the head became the end of the line.
Qi Jiguang and the other generals passed through the crowd and quickly rushed to the back of the team. They didn't even look and just ran away.
"Little maniac, where are you running to?"
At this moment, Man Gui was like a ferocious beast descending from the mountain. He raised his spear high and roared at the top of his voice.
Looking at Qi Jiguang's side, all the soldiers didn't even look at him as they ran all the way north.
"Chase, chase…"
" Soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, if you have the ability to catch up to me, I'll give you candy to eat…"
"That's right, that's right. Yuan Chonghuan is a useless overseer, and Zhu Youjian is an idiot…"
No one knew who was shouting the slogan in the marching team. There was the first one, followed by the second one. That provocative voice spread across the sky.
"Motherf * cker, I'm going to kill you all today…"
Man Gui was even more furious. He wished he could put a pair of wings on his horse, always complaining that it was running too slowly.
By the time Zu Dashou arrived, half of Man Gui's troops had already left. Even if he wanted to voice his opinions, he didn't have the chance.
Just like that.
In the vast snow, on the vast plains outside the pass, under the hazy night sky, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were chasing each other.
The scene became extremely comical.
When Man Gui tried to stop, Qi Jiguang's troops immediately followed suit.
Mangui chased after him, while Qi Jiguang raised his whip and galloped.
He had no choice.
Chu Feng's task was to stall the Ming army at Shanhaiguan and run north if there was a chance to do so. He would try his best to prevent the Ming army from having the chance to help Qian Longxi.
The Ming army had many soldiers and horses, four times that of Qi Jiguang, and their mobility and agility were far inferior to Qi Jiguang.
As a result, the chase became more and more clumsy.
"Phew-"
About fifteen minutes later, Man Gui finally could not take it anymore and pulled the reins. He sat on the horse's back and panted heavily, his eyes still staring straight ahead.
As expected.
Qi Jiguang also stopped.
Tens of thousands of soldiers came back to their senses and sneered under the illumination of the torches.
"Is the Ming army this good? Why are you still stubbornly resisting? Isn't it better to go home and carry the child?”
"That's right. One soldier is a bear, and the other is a nest of bears…"
"Zhu Youjian is the ruler of the Ming Dynasty. Why are you so loyal to him?”
" Come to Grandpa. Grandpa has good food and drinks. Come, come, come…"
Provoking, teasing, fanning the flames, there was no lack of them.
As if they had already prepared their lines, the group of soldiers spoke smoothly, teasing and teasing each other as they came and went.
Unexpectedly.
About 15 minutes after Man Gui and Zu Dashou left, a brown warhorse came from the south gate.
"Giddyup!"
"Giddyup…"
"Phew-"
Under the dim light of the fire, the man suddenly tightened his reins in front of the city gate and shouted,"Report! Pavilion Elder Qian and the thirty thousand reinforcements of Great Ming were intercepted by the enemy and were in dire straits…"
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, Yuan Chonghuan's expression changed.""Open the city gates."
With a command, the city gate opened again. The soldier rode in, passed through the porch, quickly dismounted, and rushed up the city gate without saying anything.
The light from the fire grew stronger, and they finally saw that the messenger was covered in blood and muddy mud. It was obvious that he had escaped death.
Stepping on the steps, she staggered all the way to Yuan Chonghuan and knelt on both knees."Governor…Governor, quickly go and save them. Grand…Grand Secretary Qian, General Qin, and Commander Wu are all trapped.”
"How long has it been?"
Yuan Chonghuan took Qian Longxi's token from the messenger and confirmed that this soldier was really a Ming army.
"About…about six hours ago…"
"Six hours?"
Yuan Chonghuan sighed heavily,"What kind of battlefield hasn't calmed down after six hours?" Should I go now to collect the corpse or to die?”
"This…"
"Go and rest. I have my own decision.”
A few guards brought away the exhausted messenger soldiers. Yuan Chonghuan's heart was even more complicated as he looked in the direction where Qi Jiguang's troops fled and said coldly,""Men, order Mangui and Zu Dashou to return to the city immediately without delay…"
"Understood!"
In front of a general, other than strategists, there were also soldiers who were responsible for delivering orders.
In this age where information was underdeveloped, other than waving flags, it was passed down through the population.
Yuan Chonghuan couldn't sleep before.
Now, he was not even in the mood to eat. He held the battlements of the city wall with both hands and looked leisurely in the direction of the Ming court. His heart felt like it was being twisted by a knife.
This time, he had to die even if he didn't!
Shanhai Pass and the Songjin defense line were his responsibility, but now they were useless.
Whether it was Huang Taiji or Chu Feng, they could come and go as they pleased. They could directly threaten the safety of the Emperor and even the Imperial Court, let alone protect the people inside the pass.
"Sigh…"
He suddenly felt as if he had aged many years. He had been an official in the imperial court for his entire life and had been in the military for decades. Now, he was afraid that his entire family would be executed.
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