Time soon came early December.

Li Zicheng's army had been staying in Luochuan County for a full ten days.

Ten days later, Li Zicheng still did not make up his mind and was still hesitating between going north and south. This was really a difficult choice.

But today, Li Zicheng finally made a decision and went south!

The reason why Li Zicheng made up his mind was very simple. The defeat at Jiushiguan had already spread to Luochuan.

When Li Zicheng learned that Yuan Zongdi and Chen Yongfu's army were defeated in the Jishi Pass, Yuan Zongdi even fought hard and died. Li Zicheng dared not be lucky. If he insisted on going north at this time, the Dashun Dynasty might be destroyed.

So Li Zicheng decisively pointed out the army of more than 200,000 and returned south in a mighty manner.

In addition, Li Zicheng also ordered Liu Fangliang to lead 20,000 elite troops to defend Tongguan first.

Li Zicheng was not the previous bandit, and knew that Tongguan was very important to Dashun.

After receiving the order, Liu Fangliang, general of the Left Camp, immediately led 20,000 elite troops from the headquarters to rush to Tongguan day and night.

The straight line distance from Luochuan to Tongguan is only 300 miles, but the actual mileage is nearly 500 miles. Liu Fangliang's troops marched for four days and nights, and only slept for less than three hours a day, and finally arrived in Tongguan on the fifth day.

Almost as soon as Liu Fangliang's army arrived at Tongguan, Jiannu also arrived.

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Looking at the densely packed Dashun Army at the top of Tongguan City, Duoduo knew there was no chance.

It seems that the Dashun Army has received the defeat and has transferred reinforcements from Xi'an.

In this case, it is no longer possible to attack sneakily, so you can only attack head-on, but if you want to attack strongly, you must rely on the power of the red-clothed cannon.

Times have changed.

Therefore, the siege tactics are very different.

In ancient times, siege cities were built with various siege equipment, and ants attached to siege cities.

But now, this tactic is outdated. The current siege tactic is to use red cannons to bombard the city wall with red cannons. First, use red cannons to break out a gap, and then launch an attack directly from the gap.

Compared with the ants siege, the red-clothed cannon siege not only suffers less losses, but also seriously weakens the morale and fighting will of the enemy, and the subsequent wars will become easier.

Duoduo immediately ordered: "Send the order and the army retreated ten miles to set up camp!"

"Yeah!" A team of cavalry left in all directions. Soon, the Jiannu army lined up before Tongguan slowly retreated.

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At this time, it was in a canyon in Hongnong County.

Yi Ding was hunting against the two cavalry Jiannu Xinmao.

There were seven or eight Yiding who participated in the hunting, and his riding skills were obviously better than that of Jiannu Xinmai. More importantly, Yiding's war horses were more majestic and faster than that of Jiannu Xinmai.

Soon, Yi Ding approached within thirty steps.

Then the two Yi Dings set off three-eyed guns while running.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the smoke of gunpowder spread out instantly.

Thirty steps ahead, one of the Jiannu Xinmao's war horses fell down.

The Jiannu Xinmai on the horse also fell backwards, but this Jiannu was also very skilled. After landing, he rolled in a group, removed his huge inertia, and then jumped up and ran forward.

However, not long after running, Yi Ding caught up from behind. One of the Yi Ding turned the three-eyed guns and shot Jiannu's vest. Jiannu immediately opened his mouth and squirted out a large mouthful of old blood, and threw it to the ground.

In addition, several Yiding horses rode over Jiannu's body, and one of the iron hooves was just above Jiannu's head. With a puff, Jiannu's head shattered like a watermelon.

"Chasing, don't let the remaining one run away!" Yi Ding chased after him relentlessly.

He continued to pursue and intercept the remaining Jiannu Crew.

The remaining cavalry Jiannu was panicked and used a whip to beat the war horse under his crotch.

Jiannu's war horse neighed with a sad voice and tried his best to start the final sprint.

Unfortunately, Yi Ding, who was chasing behind him, also began to sprint decisively, so the distance between the two sides was not widening, but was still slowly approaching.

...

Geng Jimao was completely anxious.

Yes, the remaining Jiannu Xinmao was Geng Jimao.

Ten days ago, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming sent a letter mission for the first time. A total of more than 100 good players were sent, including Geng Jimao, but they were hunted by the Ming army as soon as they left the camp.

In the end, less than half of the letter submissions were left to break through the Ming army's interception.

However, the Ming cavalry did not give up and continued to pursue endless pursuit.

In order to avoid the pursuit, Geng Jimao and the remaining Jiannu Xinmen used all kinds of means, detours, hiding, walking at night, and even Qiao Zhuang refugees, but they were still hunted one by one by the Ming army.

Geng Jimao, the turtle grandson, was still a little clever. After breaking out, he did not go directly towards Tongguan. Instead, he walked back a hundred miles first, and then turned the way south for more than a hundred miles. After confirming that he had escaped the pursuit of the Ming cavalry, Geng Jimao still kept a secret.

Geng Jimao did not choose the official road, but chose a small road.

After walking in the deep mountains for ten days, nearly hundreds of miles, I guessed that I had reached the territory of Hongnong County. Geng Jimaocai finally brought another Jiannu back to the official road, thinking that from Hongnong to Tongguan, no matter how crazy the Ming cavalry was, he would never chase here, so Hongnong should be safe.

Then, the two were chased by Yi Ding.

At this moment, Geng Jimao really wanted to cry, he was too bullying.

Chongzhen, you dog emperor, really don’t leave anyone a way out.

This has reached the Hongnong land realm, and there are still wreaths in the wild?

However, whether it is crying or cursing, it is useless, and Yi Ding is behind him.

"Boom!" There was a sudden loud noise, and then Geng Jimao heard a whine from the war horse under his crotch, and then he flew out and the war horse was shot and killed!

Fortunately, Geng Jimao is also skilled in archery and horse skills.

Whenever the person reaches the air, he curled up in a whole group.

So after landing, it rolls forward like a ball.

Get out of more than ten feet away before you can remove the huge inertia.

Then he got up and ran forward in a daze.

But after running for a few steps, Geng Jimao stopped.

Because further forward is a cliff, I almost fell down just now.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! The several cavalry and Yi Dings who were chasing behind him also found a cliff ahead, so they slowed down one after another, then stopped ten steps away, then raised the three-eyed gun in his hand and aimed directly at Geng Jimao.

Geng Jimao gritted his teeth and jumped off the cliff.

Anyway, you will definitely die if you stay on the cliff.

There may be a glimmer of hope if you jump off the cliff.

Only then did the several horses urged the war horse to come to the cliff.

One of the Yidings said, "Do you want to find a way to go and have a look?"

Another Yiding said, "Forget it, if you fall down, you will die if you die."

At this moment, a few Yi Ding stopped staying, Gu Zi left, and the entire cliff quickly returned to its original silence.

After a long time, a cluster of bushes about ten meters away from the top of the cliff began to shake, and then the dusty Geng Jimao crawled out from under the bushes.

Although he was not dead, Geng Jimao was already in a desperate situation.

Because Geng Jimao's arm and leg had fallen, the cliff more than ten meters high has become an insurmountable natural danger. How can I climb up?

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Geng Jimao was in a desperate situation, Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde and more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han Army also encountered big trouble.

At this time, the Eight Banners Han Army was trapped by the Ming army in a canyon in Xin'an County. Xin'an County was only more than 100 miles away from Luoyang. In other words, the Eight Banners Han Army only walked more than 100 miles these days.

Well, it is not very appropriate to say that the Eight Banners Han Army was trapped.

Because of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming took the initiative to decide to stay in this canyon.

The reason I stayed in this canyon is because the terrain here is good.

The canyon here is like a small city, with hillsides on both sides being the city walls, and entrances and exits at both ends like two city gates, which can be used for entry and exit of the Eight Banners Han Army at any time.

Holding in this canyon can avoid being attacked by the Ming army's Xiangyang artillery.

Within the previous ten days, the Eight Banners Han Army was really suffering from the Ming army's Xiangyang cannon.

Because the Ming army would launch attacks with Xiangyang artillery almost every night, and the Ming army could always find the right terrain, so that the Xiangyang artillery could hit the Eight Banners Han Army camp, but could avoid the red-clothed cannons.

The ten consecutive days of harassment caused the Eight Banners Han Army to lose a lot of supplies.

The loss of food and grass is actually still there, and the loss of gunpowder is the most troublesome.

Although the Eight Banners Han Army has taken a lot of protective measures, such as carrying gunpowder in dispersion and even hiding gunpowder under food, armor, arrows and other supplies, the effect is not good.

Ten consecutive days of harassment still caused the Eight Banners Han Army to lose half of the gunpowder.

If this continues, when they arrive at Tongguan, there will be little gunpowder left, and you will still be able to kill a bird?
To be continued...