Without any hesitation.

Lu Xiangguan and others who were halfway in the camp had no choice but to form a formation to fight the enemy, and the two sides started fighting at the foot of Tashan.

As soon as they took over the formation, Lu Xiangguan and others found that the Tatars were extremely fierce and showed no sign of being defeated. They rushed towards the Ming army's positions, carrying bows, arrows, cannons, and holding shields. The musketeers and archers also continued to fight back.

, the two sides fought fiercely at the foot of Tashan for half a day.

In the end, gaps appeared in the Ming army's positions and they collapsed in several places.

Seeing this, Lu Xiangguan drew his sword and stood under his own military flag, shouting loudly, "Fight to the death and refuse to retreat. Anyone who crosses this flag will be killed!"

Under his orders, the defeated soldiers gathered here.

He quickly mobilized the artillery team and the gun team, used intensive firepower to defeat a group of cavalry that rushed up, and barely stabilized the position.

More and more Ming troops gathered and quickly rebuilt the defense line.

Horses, shields, spears, muskets, tiger crouching, etc. layer by layer.

Fortunately, there was still half a camp. Now that we had retreated to the mountain, we still had someone to rely on. Lu Xiangguan and others personally supervised the formation in front and urgently ordered the soldiers to repair the camp.

"Concentrate your guns and aim at the Tatars who are leading the charge. Those must be Baya La!"

The Ming army used artillery, muskets, and guns to block the Tatars who were leading the charge, and finally contained their offensive. Fortunately, the Ming army arrived half a day earlier and built half of the camp. Although they lost the battle, they were able to retreat in time.

After retreating to the camp and still on the mountain, the Qing army was at a disadvantage in attacking.

The Ming army tried its best to repair the fortress, but the Qing army did not give up and made several fierce attacks in an attempt to open a gap. However, Lu Xiangguan and others personally led the defense and fought to the death around several positions, concentrating firearms, bows and arrows to assist the defense.

After a day of fierce fighting, countless corpses were piled up inside and outside several gaps.

Both sides were furious, but the Ming army did not dare to relax. If they relaxed, the whole army would be wiped out. Fortunately, these were imperial soldiers. Although the armor was not as good as that of the Tatars, they were not the old Ming army, and their fighting spirit was still very strong.

In the face of this fierce battle, although they were scared, they could still keep a close eye on their superiors and their military flags. The officers would not retreat and the military flag would not fall down, but they still stood firm.

By nightfall, the fortress had been built very strong, and the Qing army's offensive began to weaken. They could no longer attack forcefully under the darkness, and receded like a tide.

Lu Xiangguan asked people to light a bonfire and put all their strength on guard. On the other side, he continued to build more forts and even started digging trenches in front of the camp and inside the camp.

Daybreak.

Bolo rode his horse to the camp at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the Ming camp on the mountain, his face changed drastically overnight.

"These are the imperial troops of the Ming Dynasty emperor? I thought the Ming army only dared to fight by guarding the city, but I didn't expect it to be so tenacious in the field. I didn't defeat them in one go yesterday. I was careless."

The other generals also felt very sorry. It would be very difficult to defeat this Ming army now.

And they may not have this chance.

Their casualties yesterday were not small, with thousands lost.

There are still nearly 7,000 people, but there are not many arrows, gunpowder, etc., especially there is not much food and grass.

They also had to worry about the Ming army at Muling Pass pursuing them.

Looking at the hedgehog-like camp, Bolo was very angry.

But also a little helpless.

He rode around three times, trying to find a loophole, but in the end he felt that the Ming army was determined to defend and they failed to capture it yesterday. It would be too difficult to capture it again today.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

It's such a pity.

"Your Majesty, withdraw."

"Yesterday, in the battle, at least three thousand Ming troops were annihilated, and I felt relieved."

"There are still seven to eight thousand Ming troops on the mountain. Their soldiers are not weaker than mine. They have no way to retreat. They are determined to fight to the bitter end."

Bolo felt very angry in his chest.

We can't defeat Mulingguan, and we can't even win the field battle here.

Yesterday's desperate attack resulted in thousands of deaths, but the success fell short.

"When did the Ming army become so capable of fighting? The Ming army on this mountain clearly feels that it is far inferior to our Eight Banners. Their armor is not as good as ours, their bows and swords are not as good as ours, and they are inferior to us in every aspect. But why do they dare to fight so much?

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"Why?"

Even when he faced off against the most elite Guan Ning army outside the customs, Bolo didn't feel this way.

In yesterday's situation, the Ming army must have been defeated. After the first round of attack, they should have collapsed and then fled separately. The rest was a battle of pursuit and annihilation, but they just collapsed and then stabilized.

Bolo surrounded the camp for another day, trying to find some loopholes, but the Ming army kept reinforcing the fortress. Even on the third day, even morale felt much restored.

The Ming army even dared to send cavalry out of the camp to intercept their scout cavalry from approaching.

Seeing this, Bolo knew that the chance was gone.

After resting for a night, Bolo left camp on the morning of the fourth day.

On Tashan Mountain, Generals Lu Xiangguan and Liu Shixun looked at the retreating Eight Banners, but this time they no longer dared to pursue them rashly and could only let them leave.

"I underestimated the enemy in this battle. I will report it to His Majesty and take all responsibilities." Lu Xiangguan said to Liu Shixun.

"Why did General Lu say this? We fought this battle together, and we will shoulder the responsibility together if we lose."
Chapter completed!