On this day, Wu Jie led his army to Raofengguan and met the Song army stationed here. The next day, Sa Lihe led the Jin army to camp near Raofengguan.
After the Song army discovered it, they reported it to Wu Jie. Wu Jie climbed up to the tower and observed the Jin army's camps. He saw the Jin army's camps next to each other. Knowing that the Jin army was coming with bad intentions, he ordered to strengthen the alert and prepare for battle. Then Wu Jie Jie wrote a letter to Sa Lihe and sent someone to deliver it to him.
In the afternoon of the same day, Sa Lihe got the letter and immediately began to read it: Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of Raofengguan of the Song Army, to Sa Lihe, the general of the Jin Army, You and I met each other with swordsmanship on the battlefield, but there was no personal grudge. My lord, if the general has courage, he can lead his troops to fight and cry out the shame of the king with snow.
After reading the letter, Salihu ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals. After everyone arrived, Salihu read out Wu Jie's letter, and then said: "My generals, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Dynasty army actually mentioned in the letter that nickname that made me feel ashamed. Now I am ordering the attack to begin in two days, and we must capture Raofengguan at any cost." On the day of the attack, Sa Lihe, fully armed and riding on horseback, held up a telescope and went into battle in person to supervise the battle. , the Jin army followed his order, arranged six columns, carried ladders and launched an attack. In order to boost morale, Sa Li ordered the drums to be beaten in support.
For the Song army, Wu Jie also wore armor and stood on the tower with a saber in his hand to supervise the battle. He ordered to use three-bow crossbows to shoot the Jin soldiers and hit them with rocks. Some Jin soldiers were shot by rockets, which ignited their clothes. I was so frightened that I rolled on the ground several times to put out the fire.
Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Sa Lihe ordered to retreat. That night, Wu Jie summoned the five main generals in the city together. He said to everyone: "Comrades, it can be seen from today's battle that the gold thieves are not evil this time. They will continue to attack tomorrow. We must We will be divided into several teams and fight in turns to ensure that Raofengguan is always under our control." Everyone agreed, and Wu Jie ordered the troops to be divided into five teams, led by five main officers, and one team would be used to defend the city every day. The main force, other troops are ready to reinforce at any time, the officers agreed.
In the next few days, every day during the day, Salihe would organize troops to attack in turns. The Song army, under the command of the officers, persisted in resisting. The two sides fought for five days, and Raofengguan was always in the hands of the Song army.
On the evening of the fifth day, the military craftsman (quartermaster) reported to Wu Jie: "General, we don't have much food." Before Wu Jie could say anything, Tan Ma reported to him: "Report to the general, General Tang Feng personally led the troops. Come for reinforcements." After hearing this, Wu Jie walked around the room and issued an order: "Due to the lack of military supplies, our army abandoned Raofeng Pass and retreated to Xi County (today's Mian County, Shaanxi Province)." At the same time, he Send someone to tell Tang Feng and ask him to meet up in Xi County.
