Qiu Huairen said coldly: "Is that true? But what if King Li Chuang cannot defeat Manlu!"

Li Laiheng was silent and didn't say anything.

Yang Zhen waved his hand to stop Qiu Huairen, who looked ugly and wanted to speak, "General Li, we are both military generals, and we don't need to explain too much about some situations. There are now a large army of Manhu returned to the rescue, and the Shanhaiguan defenders led by Gao Di, which is extremely unfavorable to us. Regardless of whether King Li Chuang can defeat Manhu in the future, at least not now. We have to consider it for ourselves and the nearly ten thousand people in Funing City behind us. If Manhus captured Funing, they will definitely be slaughtered."

Li Laiheng raised his head, "What suggestions do General Yang have?"

Yang Zhen said: "Let the elderly, weak, women and children in the city leave first on a boat, leaving young and strong people to help defend the city. On the one hand, this can save the soldiers from worries, and on the other hand, it can also save some food."

Li Laiheng pondered for a moment, "I have no problem here. I will order the fleet to carry them to Tianjin and then return. However, when I led my troops to come, I only brought three thousand soldiers, and those ships could only carry five thousand people at most. In this way, at least twice will have to go back and forth. Therefore, it is mainly to transport people."

Yang Zhen nodded, "I will ask them to bring as little as possible."

Seeing Yang Zhen and Qiu Huairen leave, the deputy general beside Li Laiheng lowered his voice and said, "Little General, you don't care about these two people at all! Do you want..." As he said that, he waved his right palm and made a slash.

Li Laiheng shook his head, "They two of them lead more soldiers than us. Is it because you have a problem with your head or mine?"

The deputy general said: "But young general, once they have a different intention, we will be in trouble later."

Li Laiheng said slowly: "One of them is the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty, and the other father died at the hands of our army. We were not the same as us. This time they responded to our army, but they just couldn't stand Wu Sangui's surrender to the Manhu. Fortunately, with their assistance, we were able to go smoothly. Yang Zhen is a wise man and knows that we are all on the same boat now. So don't worry, he will not rebel against us again and surrender to the Manhu."

The deputy general was silent for a moment and nodded gently.

Li Laiheng said: "Yang Zhen has promised to send a thousand more soldiers to guard Tu'er Mountain. You go and bring them back. Take some people and transport the injured brothers to Yuguan and let them return to Tianjin by boat."

When the deputy general left, Li Laiheng turned his head and looked down at the mountain, his brows frowned.

Li Zicheng's idea was to take a boat to sea and detour through Shanhai Pass to cut off the Qing army's food and grass, which was very risky in itself. Their purpose was not to kill many enemy troops, but to attack from all over the place and disrupt the rear of the Qing army as much as possible. Li Laiheng led his troops to sneak attack Yu Pass, and he was ready to rob him and leave.

Yang Zhen led the Funing defenders to respond, doubled the strength of Li Laiheng's hands, and also gave him an opportunity. The coalition forces led their troops to Shanhaiguan, Xiluo City, and the north and south wing cities to see the wind. Only Shanhaiguan Main Pass and Dongluo City were left.

But Shanhaiguan's solidity and strictness of defense were beyond Li Laiheng's imagination. It was so far away when he looked in front of him. Hundreds of soldiers were killed and injured, and they could not even touch the edge of the city.

Later, after receiving the news that the enemy was returning to help, Li Laiheng led his troops to react to Funing City. Funing City, also known as Funing Guard, is a must-pass place to enter Shanhaiguan.

From it to the north is surrounded by mountains and to the south is the sea, which objectively reduces the difficulty of defense here.

But the problem is that Li Laiheng's troops are composed of several parts, and each person's mind is different. It's okay that Yang Zhen and Qiu Huairen are a firm resistance faction. But for the others, as long as the Qing army comes back, they may have to raise flags and land.

The enemy troops in front of him had nearly 10,000, and the number was increasing. Because they built a camp in Tu'er Mountain and they had no siege equipment, they could barely defend it.

But even so, the losses are gradually increasing.

What is particularly serious is that when the frontal attack was blocked, they had begun to try to go around the rear of their own troops through the mountain path on the north side.

Yesterday, an enemy cavalry of two or three hundred people appeared near Taitou City on the north side. After being defeated, they fled to the direction of Shanhaiguan.

In the future, this situation will only increase.

It was originally a group of people who came together temporarily. If the morale of the army was affected again, it would be a success or a failure. Faced with such a chaos, Li Laiheng really didn't know how long he could hold on.

He looked at the Qing army camp at the foot of the mountain, where the Qing army was cutting down trees and making various equipment. I believe that they would start the attack again soon.

Li Laiheng sighed, and he had the only hope that before the defeat here, Li Zicheng could defeat Dorgon as soon as possible. At the same time, he also made up his mind secretly and turned to the guards beside him and said, "Pick out eight hundred elite soldiers from the rear camp, let them eat and sleep well, and let them follow me to attack the enemy camp at night."

Yang Zhen sent Qiu Huairen onto the boat, "Young Master Qiu, the journey is smooth."

Qiu Huairen looked worried, "General Yang, do you really want to stay here to help Li Laiheng resist the Manhuo?"

Yang Zhen nodded, "Young Master Qiu, now the Manhu has captured Shaanxi, Shanxi, and most of the northern lands have fallen into the hands of the captains. You also know the combat power of the Manhu. Now Li Zicheng is powerful, but it may not be their opponent. Wu Sangui surrendered to the Manhu, feeling that he would wait for the situation to change before making a decision. But he didn't know that once the Manhu defeated Li Zicheng, he would inevitably drive away the Guanning Iron Cavalry as a vanguard to fight everywhere to weaken his strength."

"Wu Sangui is destined to become a laughing stock in the world and is insulted by the people of the world as a thief for thousands of years. I, Yang Zhen, was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty once during the Battle of Daling River, and was rescued by General Lu, and was able to return to the Ming Dynasty. Now he is implicated by Wu Sangui and surrender again. If he cannot play with such a shame through a battle, he will be ridiculed no matter where he goes."

Qiu Huairen showed hesitation, "Then I will stay here, and I can help you."
Chapter completed!