"I see." Chongzhen smiled and said, "I have a few questions for you. ”

"Holy Lord, if you ask, the villain will answer truthfully." Niu Er nodded repeatedly.

"Who is the commander of Jiannu?"

"Dodor."

"How many troops are there on this road?"

"This villain really doesn't know the exact number, but according to the villain's estimate, there are at least sixty or seventy thousand Jiannu, and there are at least 20,000 accompanying soldiers."

"Where is the main force of Jiannu now?"

"It should be going to Tongguan and Xi'an to chase and kill the remnants of the thieves."

"How many Jiannu are left, and who is the commander of the troops?"

"The Eight Banners Han Army with the Red Flag, the White Flag, the Blue Flag and the Blue Flag left behind are about 12,000 people, and the commanders are Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, two dog thieves."

"How many Hongyi cannons are there?"

"In total, there are more than 180 cannons in red."

"yes, I think you know quite a bit."

Smiling, Chongzhen suddenly asked again, "Niu Er, how old are you this year?" ”

"Back to the saint, the villain has one in twenty this year." The smile on Niu Er's face became even more flattering, and he continued, "The villain must wash his face and be a new person from now on." ”

"I'm afraid you don't have a chance." Chongzhen smiled.

"Huh?" Niu Er was stunned, what does the saint mean by this?

Before Niu Er came back to his senses, Hu Guozhu had already stretched out his left hand to hold his head from behind, and then held the dagger with his right hand and slashed at his throat, cutting his entire neck.

As soon as Hu Guozhu let go of his left hand again, Niu Er fell to the ground and convulsed.

"Full of lies." Hu Guozhu snorted and said, "Twenty-one years old has a ninety-year-old mother, and his mother gave birth to him when he was sixty-nine years old?" It was a dead wood. ”

"But what he just said shouldn't be true." Chongzhen Road.

"The minister thinks so, too." Hu Guozhu nodded and said, "Duoduo should have taken away the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the accompanying army, leaving only the Four Banners of the Eight Banners Han Army." ”

Jin Xuan said: "Even if it is the Eight Banners Han Army, this battle is not easy to fight. ”

"It's easy to fight." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "If you attack head-on, it will definitely be difficult to fight, just with our three thousand cavalry, it is not enough for the Hongyi cannon to plug the teeth, but if it is attacked at night, then Jiannu's Hongyi cannon and bird gun will become decorations, and our catapult can come in handy." ”

"The Holy One is really going to attack at night." Kim Hyun was relieved when he heard this.

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Jin Qing, before dark, I asked you to remember the hills or highlands around the Jiannu camp, especially those within a hundred steps of the Jiannu camp, have you all remembered?" ”

"Remember." Kim Hyun nodded, "There are only two in total. ”

"Two places are enough." Chongzhen said again, "You are like this. ”

Chongzhen spoke carefully, and Jin Xuan nodded and said, "The minister understands." ”

Immediately, the Ming army quietly began to act under the cover of night.

It's dark, it's a little darker, and it's inevitable that you can't see the road clearly and your nose and face are swollen, but it's not a big problem, and these are nothing compared to the battlefield fighting.

But the first to move were those who didn't close.

Jin Xuan's 3,000 cavalry, the source of the soldiers is mainly the family or private soldiers of the previous 28 town general soldiers, and a small number of border army veterans are added later, these night do not collect the elite of the 3,000 cavalry, it can be said that it is the elite of the elite, so the night of the Han army of the Eight Banners on the opposite side is not an opponent at all.

……

The Ming army's uncollected movements at night were quickly reported to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming.

When they received the report of defeat, the two dog traitors were getting together and sobbing alone.

He also learned from the Portuguese mercenaries, because Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming found that they could really relieve their fatigue by sitting down and smoking a bag of Bagu after a long day's work, and then they became addicted.

"What did you say?" Kong Youde frowned and said, "The dozen or so teams sent out will come back at night without receiving two teams?" ”

"Well, I'll come back to the two teams." The Red Banner Han Army Gushan Ezhen Wu Shoujin hummed and said, "Lord Wang, according to the two teams that fled back at night, this group of Ming cavalry is not simple, and their skills are very powerful. ”

"How powerful?" Geng Zhongming asked, "Can you compare with the Baya soldiers?" ”

"The Bibaya Lama Soldier must not be able to compare." Wu Shoujin said, "But compared to the three thousand Yiding that Zu Dashou trained single-handedly, I'm afraid it's not much worse." ”

"So powerful?" Geng Zhongming said with a condensed expression.

"Then forget it." Kong Youde frowned and said, "If the black light is blind, don't toss." ”

"yes, forget it." Geng Zhongming also said, "As long as we hold the surrounding camp fence and don't let the Ming cavalry rush in, anyway, our task is to send the Hongyi cannon and grain and grass baggage to Tongguan safely, as for this group of Ming cavalry, it's not easy to provoke, then let's not mess with them, wait until Prince Yu hits Tongguan and then turn back to clean them up." ”

Kong Youde instructed Wu Shoujin again: "Wu Dutong, I've worked hard for you tonight." ”

Geng Zhongming then said: "Tomorrow night, it will be our turn to keep vigil with the white flag of the Han army. ”

While he was talking, there was a sudden commotion outside, as if something had happened.

"Go out and have a look." At that moment, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Wu Shoujin lifted the curtain and came out.

As soon as they came out of the big tent, Kong Youde and the three of them were surprised to find that a fire was burning in the southwest corner outside the barracks.

Moreover, this fire is very close to the camp, more than a hundred steps at most, but because there is a small hill in the middle, I can't see what the specific situation is on the other side?

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were a little hesitant.

I want to send troops to take a look, but I'm worried about losing money.

Because this group of Ming cavalry is really not easy to mess with.

Kong Youde suddenly regretted a little, he knew that he should have enclosed this small hill in their camp, wouldn't there be no passive situation now?

"That's useless." Geng Zhongming actually guessed Kong Youde's thoughts, shook his head and said, "This is not a plain, but a mountainous terrain, there are small hills one after another within a radius of several hundred miles, and they are all one or two hundred steps away, we can't circle all the small hills in the barracks, right?" ”

"That's just as well." Kong Youde said with a frown.

"So what now? Do you want to send a team to take it all night......

Before the last word "look" could be spoken, a little bit of fire suddenly swept up from behind the hill, and then drew streamers in the night sky and flew towards this side.

"Huh, what is this?" Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and all the Eight Banners Han Army were stunned.

After a long time, Geng Jimao, who had just arrived, was the first to shout: "Xiangyang cannon!" ”

"That's right, the thief is a Xiangyang cannon!" Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Wu Shoujin also reacted.

Then he couldn't help but mock: "What dynasty is this, the Ming army still uses Xiangyang cannons?" What else can such an old-fashioned weapon do? ”

……

On another hill in the distance.

Chongzhen touched Zhu Cijiong's little head and said: "Jiong'er, you remember, there is no absolute sense of good or bad weapons and equipment, for example, for Jiannu, the big bow is definitely better than the Lumi gun, and for the Mongols, the horn bow is also more effective than the arquebus, but for my Ming Dynasty, firearms are the most efficient weapons." ”

"But nothing is absolute, for example, catapults are more effective than cannons now."

"So you have to remember that there is no good or bad in nature of weapons and equipment, but only the difference between applicable and non-applicable, as long as it is suitable weapons and equipment, it is good weapons and equipment."

"Hmm." Zhu Cijiong nodded seriously.

While the father and son were talking, a full thirty "incendiary bombs" had already landed in Jiannu's military camp.

These thirty "incendiary bombs" were not ordinary incendiary bombs, but a straw rope wrapped around the crockpot, and the straw rope was coated with grease, and the crockpot was even encapsulated with gunpowder.

When the greased straw rope burns, it generates high temperatures.

The high temperature will burn the crockpot red, and it will detonate the gunpowder.

Even if you don't have time to burn the crockpot red, it will shatter when it hits the ground, and gunpowder deflagration will also occur.

As a result, a splendid and magnificent scene appeared, some of these thirty "incendiary bombs" deflagrated after landing, and some exploded in the air, turning into dazzling flames in an instant!

"I really didn't expect that catapults would have such great lethality?"

Under the night sky, Zhu Cijiong's eyes emitted a dark jewel-like glow.

……

Before the "stone bullet" of the Xiangyang cannon fell, neither Kong Youde nor Geng Zhongming took it to heart at all.

It was nothing more than dozens of flaming stone balls, even if they landed in their barracks, the damage and damage they could cause were extremely limited, at least not comparable to their red-coated cannons.

Unless the stone shell of the Xiangyang cannon is directly hit, there will be no.

Except for the fire on the stone bullet, at most it causes a small commotion, which is fine.

However, when these burning "stone bullets" really fell, they realized that they had thought about the problem too simply, and the stone bullets fired by the Ming army with the Xiangyang cannon were unexpectedly powerful.

Because, these stone bullets not only burn, but also explode!

"Boom! Boom Boom Boom! "Continuous explosions rang out.

More than a dozen "stone bullets" exploded directly in the air, transforming into more than a dozen dazzling fireballs, and more "stone bullets" smashed heavily on the ground, followed by a violent deflagration, burning in an instant!

"It's not a stone bullet, it's a powder canister!" Wu Shoujin exclaimed, "Powder canisters!" ”

"The powder canister is also covered in grease!" Geng Jimao immediately shouted, "You see, after those stone bombs exploded, the flames splashed on the surrounding tents, and the surrounding tents were already on fire, this must be grease, and the Ming army tied grease rope outside the gunpowder canister!" ”

There is no need for Geng Jimao to remind them, Kong Youde and they all saw it.

In just a few moments, a fire had already broken out in the southwest corner of the barracks.

At least three tents have been engulfed in flames, and many more have already started fires, and the Eight Banners Han army living in these tents has become a mess like a swarm of headless flies.

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