At that moment, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming summoned all fifty servants under their command.

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

"Ah?" Geng Jimao's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he thought to himself, "Dad, I am not your biological child, am I? You want me to go out and die at this time? Do I still have humanity left?"

"Ah, what?" Geng Zhongming said in a low voice, "You have good riding skills and a clever mind. I'm worried that the other servants will be intercepted and killed by the Ming army. At this time, I can only rely on you."

"Yes, let the other servants cover you." Kong Youde also patted Geng Jimao on the shoulder twice, and then said earnestly, "My eldest nephew, the prosperity and wealth of our Geng and Kong families are all tied to you. I believe you can do it, and you will definitely be able to convey the news to King Yu."

Geng Jimao smiled bitterly.

…

Duduo has chased him to Xia Shiguan at the northern foot of Mount Wei.

The remnants of the Dashun Army of Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu were finally overtaken by Jiannu, and the two sides fought another battle at Xia Shiguan. Needless to say, the final result was that the Dashun Army suffered another defeat.

Moreover, this failure at Kip Shek Pass was different from the previous two.

In the first two times, whether in Weihui Mansion or Huaiqing Mansion, the losses were not big.

But this time, the Dashun Army suffered a decisive defeat. The more than 20,000 old soldiers could not withstand the strong attack of the Eight Banners Manchuria. When they retreated, they could not escape the pursuit of the Eight Banners Mongolia. The entire army was almost destroyed.

Even Yuan Zongdi, the founder of the business, was shot dead by the Eight Banners Mongolia.

In the end, less than 300 remaining soldiers followed Chen Yongfu and fled to Tongguan.

But even so, Dodo still has no intention of slowing down.

"Send the order, don't give the bandits a chance to breathe, they must rush to Tongguan within three days!" Duduo even had a vague ambition in his heart. According to the current momentum, maybe there is no need to wait for the Hongyi cannon, just With the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia, we can take Tongguan in one go and then march into Xi'an!

If this is the case, hypocrisy is not far from destruction.

After destroying the puppets and shuns, they will turn around and head south to attack Hanzhong and Huguang, and then move down the Yangtze River from Huguang to Nanjing. By then, Nanming will be wiped out with one blow. In this way, both the puppets and shuns and the south and the Ming will be under his control. After defeating him, with such unparalleled achievements, the fourteenth brother will be crowned emperor one day. Maybe he will have a chance to become the emperor's younger brother.

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

…

Duduo was in a good mood, and Chongzhen was in a good mood too.

Although I don’t know the specific results of the battle, judging from the intensity of the fire, the losses suffered by the Eight Banners and Han Army last night were definitely not small. According to this strategy, the Eight Banners and Han Army would have to fall apart if they could not reach Tongguan.

The only drawback is that I spent a lot of money last night.

The Ming army was too excited to control their ammunition consumption.

Before coming to Henan, Chongzhen specially prepared two thousand gunpowder cans and eight thousand kilograms of animal fat. Because of this, almost all the pigs and sheep in Xuzhou were sold out.

These two thousand gunpowder jars and eight thousand kilograms of grease were carried on packhorses, along with two months' worth of dry food.

This time when he went deep into western Henan, Chongzhen was really fully prepared. Not only did he bring enough dry food for two months, but he also prepared gunpowder cans and animal fats in advance.

But last night, four hundred gunpowder jars were knocked out in one go.

"This won't work." Chongzhen said to Jin Xuan, "Jin Qing, you have to let the soldiers save some money. We only brought a total of two thousand gunpowder cans. When we use them up, we can only use the empty city strategy."

Jin Xuan said with some shame: "Your Majesty, it's all my fault for my carelessness."

"I don't blame you, I didn't think of it." Chongzhen said with a smile, "But just be careful in the future. Let's do this. You directly give the order to the whole army. You can only shoot a hundred gunpowder cans at most every night. So, They had better think carefully about how to make good use of these hundred gunpowder jars to damage the slaves' baggage as much as possible."

"Yes, I will give the order." Jin Xuan nodded and said, "But Your Majesty, I still have something that I don't understand."

Chongzhen smiled and said: "Do you want to ask me if you can't destroy the Hongyi cannon even if you continue like this?"

"Yes." Jin Xuan nodded and said, "Last night Jiannu was not prepared, so the loss was a bit bigger, but from tonight onwards Jiannu will be careful, and the loss will not be that big. What's more important is that

, this method of attack will at most burn some of the baggage of the slave builders, but it will not cause much damage to the slave builders' personnel and the red barbarian cannons."

"No, Jin Qing, you have overlooked one point." Chongzhen's expression became serious, "It takes a process to move from quantitative change to qualitative change, and it does not happen overnight. What we are doing now is this accumulation process."

"What does it take to move from quantitative change to qualitative change?" Jin Xuan seemed to have a clear understanding after hearing this.

Quantitative change? Qualitative change? Why haven’t I heard this before?

But it seems to make sense.

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