Chapter 64 Jiannu Breaks the Pass

When Diao Zheng led his troops to Xifengkou, at this time, the army of slaves led by Abatai outside Xifengkou had already withdrawn from Xifengkou. When he arrived at Xifengkou, several generals under Zhou Yuji, several generals of Xifengkou, after some discussion, knew that there was no way to retreat. The reinforcements they waited for were not Daming. The army was waiting for the people of the Dazhong army, which made them completely desperate for Daming.

So these generals of Zhou Yuji finally chose to surrender to the Dazhong Army and led their troops to accept the adaptation of the Dazhong Army. From then on, they were included in the Dazhong Army to do this. These people basically have no psychological burden at present. They were like brothers with the Dazhong Army before. After a long time, although the two sides were full of hostility at the beginning, after getting along with each other for a period of time, they basically had no hostility to the Dazhong army.

Especially when they came to Xifengkou this time, the Dazhong Army not only gave them a lot of artillery ammunition, but also did not hesitate to supplement them with the gunners of the 200th Army. These 200 generals of the Dazhong Army played a huge role in the battle of Xifengkou this time. None of these 200 people humiliated the Dazhong Army. In the defensive war, the fight was very tenacious. No one escaped from the battle, and there were also several cases of igniting the enemy with gunpowder barrels, which made these Ming soldiers admire the Dazhong Army very much. So after they made a decision, almost none of the soldiers under their command objected, and they all expressed their He showed his willingness to obey his orders under the command of the Dazhong army.

So the remaining more than 2,000 officers and soldiers in Xifengkou, after Diao Zheng led the troops to arrive here, immediately changed their flags and surrendered to the Dazhong Army, and Xifengkou immediately turned into the control point of the Dazhong Army.

Diao Zheng did not have the right to appoint personnel. After accepting their request for surrender, he immediately sent someone to report to Li Xin and Lu Xiangsheng, who were sitting in Yongping Mansion, and temporarily retained all the generals of Zhou Yuji, so that he could continue to lead the troops to stay in Xifengkou. At the same time, he personally took his generals to Zhou Yuji's coffin. I paid homage to Zhou Yuji.

After Zhou Yuji's death, Diao Zheng's resentment towards Zhou Yuji also suddenly disappeared. Previously, Zhou Yuji and he were enemies, and the two were their own masters. Now Zhou Yuji leads troops to guard Shanhaiguan, repels the Jiannu army, and fights to death. Diao Zheng admires him very much.

Although these generals who followed Zhou Yuji had been enemies with him at the beginning, now these people follow Zhou Yuji and can resist the invasion of Jiannu in Shanhaiguan. They fight so well. He no longer hates these old troops of Zhou Yuji. He personally comforted them with good words and told them that the past had happened. He went there. He was not a narrow-minded person. He didn't have to worry that after returning to the Dazhong Army in the future, he would leave them in trouble, which reassured Zhou Yuji's subordinates.

Considering that it has been several days since the retreat of the Jiannu army, Abatai and Hauge, two slave chiefs, will definitely choose another barrier to break through the barrier. Diao is leading the troops to Xifengkou. After receiving the surrender of Zhou Yuji, he did not dare to delay here for too long. He left 500 elite soldiers and added the defenders to Xifengkou. On the one hand, a batch of grain and ammunition was left for its use. After commemoration of Zhou Yuji, he immediately led his troops to leave Xifengkou and marched towards the Malan Valley in the north of Jizhou. Now they can't judge where the next goal will be after Abatai and Haug retreating from Xifengkou, so there is only from the horse. Lanyu began to look for it one by one.

At this time, Wang Chengping had led thousands of cavalry under his command to the Xifengkou area. After meeting with Diao Zheng, the two discussed it. In addition, Li Xin sent people from Yongping Mansion to inform them that they would act separately. Diao Zheng rushed all the way to Malanyu first. Take, to find out whether Jiannu took the Malan Valley to enter the customs, and Wang Chengping led his cavalry and rushed to the direction of Miyun to intercept the Jiannu army from the Huangyakou Pass and Gubeikou in the area of Miyun.

So the two immediately responded to their orders and led their troops to continue to the west, but their actions were still a little slower. After Abatai and Hauge attacked Xifeng, they immediately led the troops to retreat, turned to the west and began to rush. In order to grab the first to enter the customs, Hauge and Abatai were anxious to rush on their way, although The mountain road is difficult, but they don't care about this at all. They build slaves themselves live a life of drinking blood outside the gate all year round. It can be said that all the people are soldiers, and they are very hard-working. They have long been used to this kind of emergency march. As for those Han soldiers with the Han army flag, they don't care if these Han soldiers can eat. No, they were forced to go on their way regardless of the cost. With a little slack, they immediately scolded and even killed people, forcing these Han army flags who followed the expedition had to rush forward. On the way, many Han soldiers and mules and horses were killed.

Finally, after taking a detour in the mountains for a few days, they arrived at the Huangyakou Pass area. At this time, the officers and soldiers in the Miyun area were already very empty. Tang Tong, the general of Miyun, had been ordered to lead troops out of the customs with Yang Guozhu to help Ningyuan, who was surrounded by Jiannu, but on the way, because Zhang Ruolin, the supervisor, was always afraid of the war, the governor slowed down. As a result, it was not far from Shanhaiguan, so he was ambushed by Dorcon. Yang Guozhu died immediately. Most of the soldiers of Tang Tong and Yang Guozhu would be expelled into the sea by the construction slave army. As a result, Zhang Ruolin was also drowned in the sea. Only a small number of Tang Tong led the defeated soldiers and fled, and finally fled back to Shanhaiguan.

Later, a small number of defeated soldiers also fled back to Shanhaiguan, but they were taken into the command by Wu Xiang. Tang Tong only led hundreds of defeated soldiers and retreated to Miyun. Tang Tong knew that he had failed to live up to his holy will, but he not only failed to save Ning Yuan, but almost destroyed the whole army and lost Zhang Ruolin, the commander-in, so he fled back to Miyun. After that, he did not dare to explain to the emperor, but only waited for the emperor Zhu Youjian to tell him.

After Zhu Youjian learned the news, although he was furious, he was helpless. The war report came back and made it clear that the responsibility for the defeat in this battle was not on Yang Guozhu and Tang Tong, but because Zhang Ruolin was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and the governor was hesitant, so that he missed the fighter, and also made the Ming army's reinforcements ambushed by the Jiannu army. It led to a big defeat. Considering that he really has no available general on hand now, Zhu Youjian can only vent his anger on the dead Zhang Ruolin. Although Zhang Ruolin is dead, he still decreed to remove all his merits and put his family in prison for later disposal. For Tang Tong, it is just He was demoted to the position of deputy general, so that he made contributions and continued to guard Miyun.

Tang Tong saved his life, but it was an impossible task to let him guard Miyun. At this time, almost all his Miyun soldiers had been left outside the customs, and some of the generals who stayed behind Miyun surrendered to the Dazhong army when the Dazhong army passed through Miyun. Therefore, Tang Tong was in Miyun at this time. Yun, it can be said that he is about to become a light pole commander. There are only some soldiers left behind in Guancheng, which are still his subordinates. He is not even able to form a reserve team that can be dispatched to help Zhuguan.

So a few days ago, Wu Xiang sent someone to inform him that Jiannu would have another army that was likely to break through the customs in the Miyun area. When Tang Tong asked him to strengthen the defense of the passes around Miyun, Tang Tong's first reaction was panicked and at a loss.

Although Tang Tong was in an emergency in the court and asked the emperor to send troops to help Miyun, at this time, there were only a few Beijing battalions left in Shuntianfu, and there was no power to send troops to help Miyun. Therefore, all Tang Tong could do was to send people to the generals in Miyun to strengthen the defense force of the pass by himself. As for the reinforcements, food and fodder, ammunition and weapons, let them find their own way. In short, he Tang Tong couldn't get anything to support them.

Therefore, the guards can't get any possible support except to find their own way. At this time, there are only more than a thousand officers and soldiers left in the area of Huangyakou. Although the territory of Huangyakou, which they guarded is dangerous, their military strength is really very different from that of the Jiannu army.

The general of Huangyakou is also a guard. This man's surname is Hu, but he is also a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Although he found that the Jiannu army reached outside the Huangyakou Pass, he did not abandon the gate and fled, but led the troops to defend the city in the Huangyakou Pass, trying to prevent the Jiannu army from breaking through the gate.

However, their strength was limited and people's hearts were scattered. After a day of the sudden attack by Abatai and Hauge's army, the city was lost. This Hu's defense was defeated. In the end, he died in the country in the customs. More than a dozen family members also set fire to death in their homes in the customs. Huangyakou Pass was finally attacked by Abatai and Hauge. From here, it flooded into the gate.

At this time, Abatai and Hauge were very happy. Anyway, they were the first to win the first to enter the customs, so they immediately sent people to report the victory to the Huang Taiji on the other side of the mountain customs. At the same time, they immediately led the army from the mouth of Huangyakou into the customs, and began to sweep Miyun territory like a group of tigers and wolves. It's close to Miyun County.

Tang Tong, who was sitting in Miyun County, was shocked when he heard the news that the Huangyakou was broken. At this time, he had less than 2,000 officers and soldiers left in Miyun County. In the face of the surging army of more than 30,000 slaves, he could be said to have no power to fight back, and the possibility of defending Miyun County was basically non-existent. It was Tang Tong who had to take these two thousand officers and soldiers, abandoned Miyun County and fled to Huairou County, and the Jiannu army captured Miyun County without any effort, and then continued to kill Huairou.

As soon as he arrived in Huairou, Tang Tong learned that the Jiannu army had caught up again, so Tang Tong had to search for some Huairou's defenders, abandoned Huairou County and fled to Shunyi County.

However, Abatai seemed to fall in like Tang Tong. After taking Huairou, he did not take any rest. He led the soldiers and chased Shunyi. Tang Tong was also able to run. Seeing that the Jiannu army rushed to Shunyi again, he simply continued to escape. This time, he fled to Tongzhou in one breath.

After arriving in Tongzhou, Tang Tong found that he had no place to escape. At this time, Bazhou, Wuqing, Xianghe and other prefectures and counties had been taken by the Dazhong army, and the only one he could escape was Jingshi Shuntianfu.