However, the trouble doesn't end there.

The second wave of the Ming army's "stone bullet rain" followed.

With the explosion and deflagration, more grease splattered, fell and attached to more tents and began to burst into flames, expanding to dozens of tents.

Not only tents, but also many vans caught fire.

The grain and grass placed on the side van were very hot and ignited a raging fire.

"The van is on fire, rescue the grain and grass!"

"Damn it, go put out the fire!"

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming reacted at the same time.

In addition to grain and grass, these partial vans are loaded with a large amount of baggage.

These baggage loads contain gunpowder, buckshot, stone bullets, and chariot parts, as well as a large number of arrows, armor, and spear weapons, which cannot be missed.

Especially gunpowder, once it is destroyed,

The red-coated cannons they carried were immediately furnished.

If that were the case, Dodor would never spare the two of them.

"Hurry up and put out the fire!" Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming rushed to the southwest corner of the barracks.

"Go get water!" Geng Jimao yelled, "Only by taking water can we put out the fire!" ”

"Yes, yes, go get water!" Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming woke up like a dream, and quickly stopped and shouted, "Send troops to the river to get water!" ”

The military order was issued, and the entire military camp soon became noisy.

Groups of Eight Banners Han soldiers rushed to the edge of the valley outside the camp with all kinds of utensils.

However, at this time, it was already winter November, and the valley water had already frozen, but fortunately, the ice was not thick, and the Eight Banners Han Army found blunt instruments such as hammers and stones to smash the ice.

However, at this moment, the mutation suddenly occurred.

Just as the Eight Banners Han Army was busy fetching water, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded under the night sky, and then the Eight Banners Han Army felt the ground under their feet tremble slightly.

"It's the cavalry of the Ming Army!"

A Han soldier suddenly roared.

"The cavalry of the Ming Army is rushing over, run!"

Someone took the lead, and the other Eight Banners Han soldiers also threw away the wooden barrels, clay pots and even sheepskin bags filled with river water, turned around and ran in the direction of the barracks.

At this time, the Eight Banners Han Army in the barracks also noticed movement outside the barracks.

In the next moment, rows of bird guns were erected on the fence of the barracks.

There were even two teams of Eight Banners Han military carriages carrying several red-coated cannons.

However, this was of no avail, because only the rumbling of horses' hooves was heard, but there were no Ming cavalry, not even a single ghost.

There was a team of Eight Banners Han Army that fired a cannon out indiscriminately.

There were also quite a few musketeers firing at the shadows outside the camp.

But the cannonballs and guns flew short and disappeared into the darkness.

As for whether they hit the cavalry of the Ming army, only God knows.

At this time, the fire in the southwest corner of the barracks was even more intense, and it was about to get out of control.

Because the Xiangyang cannon of the Ming army has been firing burning stone bullets all the time, creating more fires in the barracks of the Eight Banners Han Army, but the Eight Banners Han Army cannot find enough water to extinguish the fire for a while.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming saw that it would not work if they went on like this, so they should act separately.

Kong Youde took the Han army with the red flag to transfer the baggage, and Geng Zhongming led the Han army with a white flag to dismantle the tents on the periphery of the camp in the southwest corner, striving to clear a firebreak as soon as possible.

After almost two hours of chaos, the Ming army finally stopped and stopped firing artillery.

Because the Ming army's "Xiangyang cannon" can only hit more than a hundred steps, no matter how far it is, it can't reach it.

Therefore, after burning the southwest corner of the camp of the Eight Banners Han Army, the Ming army could only rest.

After the Ming army withdrew, the objects that could be burned in the southwest corner of the barracks were almost burned, and the fire was quickly extinguished.

However, this corner of the barracks has been completely reduced to ashes, including more than 50 tents, more than 50 vans, and all the grain and grass loaded on the trucks have been burned.

……

On a hill in the distance.

Zhu Cijiong asked a little puzzled: "Father, our army's night failure has already blocked the battlefield, and the Han army of Jiannu does not dare to go out of the camp to fight with our army now, even so, why can't the catapult continue to move forward?" If you advance another fifty steps, you can burn down at least half of the Jiannu barracks. ”

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "You forgot that Jiannu also has Hongyi cannons. ”

"Erchen has not forgotten." Zhu Cijiong said, "But it's night now, and Jiannu's Hongyi cannon can't be targeted, and the lethality will be greatly weakened, so don't be afraid." ”

"Weakened lethality does not mean that there is no killing." Chongzhen shook his head.

"If Jiannu is really forced to put more than 180 Hongyi cannons in a row and fire at our catapult position at the same time, it will not be a matter of a few deaths."

"My father only has these three thousand fine horsemen."

"If you die, you will have one less, and you can't afford to spend it."

After a pause, he said with a smile: "Besides, the war has just begun, and there are still many opportunities in the future, after all, there are still four or five hundred miles from here to Tongguan, what we have is time and opportunity, and we will bite Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and the more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han Army to death one by one, so why worry." ”

"But ......," Zhu Cijiong frowned and asked, "Will there be such a good opportunity in the future?" ”

"Of course." Chongzhen smiled slightly, and said, "Unless Jiannu can fly through the sky, or give up their plan to go to Tongguan, they can only be beaten obediently, hehe." ”

……

The sky finally brightened.

The Eight Banners Han Army sent a force of 3,000 foot soldiers to occupy the small hill in the southwest corner.

At this moment, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Wu Shoujin and other four solid mountain Ezhen were on the back of the hill, looking at the Xiangyang cannon in front of them with a black face, which had been abandoned by the Ming army.

This Xiangyang cannon is really ...... Humble to the extreme.

Except for a bracket, a long throwing arm, nothing else.

It's just that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are battlefield generals after all, and it can be seen at a glance that the Ming army should have removed the ropes and blue throws at both ends of the throwing arms.

This is a hand-pulled Xiangyang cannon.

Through a dozen or even dozens of soldiers pulling the rope at the same time, and then through the lever principle of throwing the arm, the "incendiary bomb" tied to the other end of the throwing basket is launched.

No wonder it can only be thrown more than a hundred paces away.

If this is replaced by the chain-type Xiangyang cannon built by the Mongolians in the past, it can throw a 150-kilogram stone projectile more than 300 steps away, and the stone projectile can smash a seven-foot deep pit when it hits the ground!

[1 step = 1.6 meters in the Ming Dynasty, and the left and right feet each step is a step]

Thinking of this, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming secretly felt lucky.

Thanks to the Ming cavalry, they only carried the most rudimentary Xiangyang cannon, and if they had carried the hinged Xiangyang cannon, then their losses last night would have been even greater, and they might have to lose a quarter of their grain and grass baggage.

Even so, a tenth of the weight of grain and grass was lost last night.

The two dog traitors feel that the situation is serious, and it is not okay to go on like this.

Kong Youde said: "You have to think of a way, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Tongguan." ”

Geng Zhongming sighed: "Alas, it would be easy if the Eight Banners Mongolia were here. ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Kong Youde didn't have a good breath, "Now let's think about how to remedy it." ”

Geng Jimao suddenly interjected: "Dad, uncle, I think it's better for us to return to Luoyang, just stay in Luoyang, King Yu can't wait for the Hongyi cannon to naturally send someone back to inquire, and then he will know that we are in trouble, and then he will send the Eight Banners Mongolia and even the Eight Banners Manchuria back to respond." ”

"Get out!" Geng Zhongming kicked over again.

"Do you really think war is child's play? Say quit or quit? ”

If you return to Luoyang, you can't return to Luoyang, and you can't go back even if you die.

If they couldn't transport the Hongyi cannons and grain and grass to Tongguan in time, and then led to the defeat of Duoduo in Tongguan, it would be the destruction of their Kong Geng family.

Kong Youde said: "Let's quickly send someone to ask King Yu for help." ”

Geng Zhongming said: "It's no problem to send someone for help, but I'm afraid that as soon as I go out here, I will be hunted by the Ming army over there. ”

"Then send a few more messengers." Kong Youde said, "You can always get out." ”

Geng Zhongming nodded, and said, "Then send all our family members out." ”

Before Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi surrendered to Jiannu, there were thousands of families with the smallest number, but after surrendering Jiannu, these families were deprived by Huang Taiji and became Jiannu coats.

But Huang Taiji did not deprive them all, and still left fifty for them.

At that moment, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming gathered all the fifty family members under their respective commands.

Geng Zhongming even called Geng Jimao over, and said with a dark face: "Boss, you go too." ”

"Huh?" Geng Jimao's face turned white with fright when he heard this, and he said in his heart, Dad, I'm not your own child, right? At this time, you let me go out and die? Is there any humanity left?

"Ahh Geng Zhongming said in a low voice, "Your kid has good riding skills, and his brain is also clever, I am worried that other family members will be intercepted and killed by the Ming army, so I can only rely on you at this time." ”

"Yes, let the other family members cover for you." Kong Youde also patted Geng Jimao's shoulder twice, and then said earnestly, "Eldest nephew, the glory and wealth of our Geng Kong family are all tied to you, uncle believes that you can do it, and you will definitely be able to give the news to King Yu." ”

Geng Jimao smiled bitterly.

……

Duoduo had already chased to Kip Shi Pass at the northern foot of the Kunshan Mountain.

The remnants of Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu's Dashun army were finally caught up by Jiannu, and the two sides fought another battle at Kip Shi Pass, and the final result was needless to say, the Dashun army suffered defeat again.

And this defeat of Kip Shiguan is different from the previous two.

In the first two times, whether it was in Weihui Mansion or Huaiqing Mansion, the loss was not large.

But this time, the Dashun army suffered a decisive defeat, more than 20,000 old soldiers could not withstand the strong attack of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and when they retreated, they could not shake off the pursuit of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the whole army was almost wiped out.

Even the founding father Yuan Zongdi was shot by the Eight Banners Mongols.

In the end, less than 300 remnants of soldiers fled to Tongguan with Chen Yongfu.

But even so, Dodor had no intention of slowing down.

"Pass the order, don't give the thieves a chance to breathe, you must rush to Tongguan within three days!" Duoduo's heart even faintly gave birth to a first-class ambition, according to the current momentum, maybe there is no need to wait for the Hongyi cannon, only the Eight Banners Manchuria and the Eight Banners Mongolia can take Tongguan in one go, and then march into Xi'an!

If this is the case, the pseudo-obedience will not be far from destruction.

Wait for the destruction of the pseudo-Shun, and then turn around and go south to Hanzhong and Huguang, and then from Huguang down the Yangtze River to force Nanjing, then the Nanming will also be destroyed with one blow, so that the pseudo-Shun Nanming and the two countries are destroyed by his Duoduo single-handedly, this kind of great work, he will be the fourteenth brother on the throne and called the emperor, maybe he really has a chance to become the emperor's younger brother.

Thinking of this, Duoduo couldn't help but feel good.

……

Duoduo is in a good mood, and Chongzhen is also in a good mood.

Although I don't know the specific results, judging from the fire, the losses of the Eight Banners Han Army last night will definitely not be small, according to this method of play, the Eight Banners Han Army will collapse if it can't reach Tongguan.

The only fly in the ointment is that last night's consumption was a bit large.

The Ming army was too excited to control the consumption of ammunition.

Before coming to Henan, Chongzhen specially prepared 2,000 gunpowder cans and 8,000 catties of animal fat, because of this, the pigs and sheep in Xuzhou were almost bought out.

The two thousand gunpowder jars plus 8,000 catties of grease were carried on the back of pack horses, along with two months' worth of dry rations.

This time he went deep into western Henan, Chongzhen really made full preparations, not only brought enough dry food for two months, but even gunpowder jars and animal fat were prepared in advance.

But last night, four hundred gunpowder canisters were knocked out at once.

"That's not going to work." Chongzhen said to Jin Xuan, "Jin Qing, you have to let the soldiers save some money, we only have a total of 2,000 gunpowder canisters, and when we run out, we can only sing empty city plans." ”

Kim Hyun said with some shame: "Holy Lord, it's all to blame the ministers for being careless." ”

"I don't blame you, I didn't think of it." Chongzhen said with a smile, "But in the future, pay attention to it, so let's do it, you directly give the whole army an order, and you are only allowed to shoot a maximum of 100 gunpowder canisters every night, so they still think about how to make good use of these 100 gunpowder canisters and destroy Jiannu's baggage as much as possible." ”

"Yes, the minister will order to go down." Jin Xuan nodded, and said, "But the saint, the minister still has something to understand. ”

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Do you want to ask me, I can't destroy the Hongyi cannon even if it is consumed like this?" ”

"Yes. Jin Xuan nodded and said, "Jiannu was unprepared last night, so the loss was greater, but from this evening Jiannu has been on guard, and the loss will not be so big, and more importantly, this way of playing is at most to burn some of Jiannu's baggage, but Jiannu's personnel and Hongyi cannons will not be too damaged." ”

"No, Jin Qing, you ignored a little." Chongzhen's expression became serious, "It takes a process from quantitative change to qualitative change, and it is not a one-time success, and what we are doing now is this process of accumulation." ”

"Does it take a process to go from quantitative to qualitative?" Kim Hyun seemed to have an understanding when he heard this.

Quantitative? Qualitative? Why haven't you heard this before?

But it seems to make sense.

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