"What did you say... The food storage site we were destroyed by the Ming army?"

In a dark and damp small room made of stones, Du Du grabbed the Qing soldiers who came to report the news, and his face was beating continuously.

He couldn't believe his ears. He really couldn't figure out why a good grain storage site was taken over by the Ming army. Could it be that those Ming army flew over from the sky?

Du Du grabbed the Qing soldiers' strength and became stronger and stronger. The Qing soldiers' face was flushed red. Because they could not breathe air, they even had their tongues stretched out. Seeing this, Jia Laezhen was afraid that the Qing soldiers would die, so he quickly said to the side: "Master Beile, your identity is so precious. If you want to kill this slave, just give me an order. Why do you need to do it yourself?"

After being told by this Jiala Ezhen, Du Du realized that the Qing soldier was about to be strangled to death by himself. He relaxed his hand, pushed the Qing soldier to the ground, and asked coldly: "How did those Ming soldiers go through? Do you have any artillery and other firearms?"

Du Du let go, and the Qing soldier took several breaths of air before he recovered, and said with a hint of fear: "Bell, the Ming army came from the west. The slave guessed that it should have been the small road on the left Lutula. The number of people was about one thousand, and they were all cavalry and did not carry artillery."

"No artillery...no artillery is carried!"

Du Du murmured a few words and asked with a calm face: "The Ming army did not carry artillery, and all its troops were cavalry. You are guarding the camp. Why are you attacked by the Ming army in less than an hour? Even the five hundred pigs and Ming army did not finish the killing so quickly!"

The Qing soldiers who were kicked over to the ground cried: "Master Beile, it's not that the slaves are not fighting hard. The Ming army got a firearm with a long range from somewhere. They fired two hundred steps away and stopped our crossbowman. Then the Ming army took the opportunity to break through the village and defeated us with the large number of people. Lord Niu Lu also fulfilled his loyalty to His Majesty in this battle!"

"Excuses are all excuses!"

Du Du could no longer help kicking the Qing soldier over and shouted: "Since you Niu Lu are dead in battle, why are you still alive? Come on, drag this fearless waste out and chop it up for me!"

"Yeah!"

With Du Du's order, two Goshhas strode in and dragged the Qing soldier out. With a scream, the Qing soldier who had finally escaped did not die at the hands of the Ming army, but at the hands of his own people.

Looking at the bloody head sent by Goshhacheng, Du Du not only felt that his anger had not subsided but became even stronger.

He asked the generals around him with a calm face: "Everyone, our food and grass behind have been burned by the Ming army. I wonder what you can do?"

The generals also looked heavy. The Jiala Ezhen who was persuaded just now said, "Master Beile, there are not many food and grass on our mountain, and now there are only less than two days left. If you continue to defend, you will be in danger of being wiped out!"

Du Du frowned. Huang Taiji gave him the task of defending Heisha Ridge to the death, doing his best to delay the Ming army, and killing a large number of his vital forces, and gaining time for the defense of Shengjing. It is best to hold on for twenty to one month, and even if it is not good, it must hold on for half a month.

But now he has to retreat after only three days of guarding. What will Huang Taiji deal with him after returning to Shengjing? More importantly, in these three days, 20% of the 30,000 troops he brought had suffered casualties.

It would be fine if the task was not completed, but the casualties were so great. If you just went back like this, you would be scolded lightly. Maybe you would have to be demoted or even eliminated. That would be a miserable situation.

When he thought of the fate of being surrendered, even with his fierceness, he couldn't help but shivered. This title was exchanged for many years of fighting. If it was deposed, it would be even more sad than killing him.

To be honest, Du Du really doesn't want to leave like this, but as a general who has been in charge of troops for many years, he also knows very well what the consequences of cutting off food and grass. This cannot be sustained by perseverance and determination. No matter how brave a man is, he can turn into a soft-legged shrimp when he is hungry for two days.

If this is the case, there is no need for the Ming army to attack, and they will collapse first.

Seeing Du Du hesitant, the generals around him did not dare to say anything. The withdrawal of troops was not something that they were middle and low-level officers. If he talked too much, what happened in the future would be involved in him, which would be troublesome.

"boom……"

Just as Dudu was hesitating, an explosion sounded not far away, accompanied by the explosion, and a few screams and noisy footsteps came. A Goshha hurried in and said loudly: "Belle, the Ming army has started shelling again. This time they attacked our right mountain peak, and our people were killed and injured!"

"It's the mountain on the right again. What exactly does Zu Dashou want to do? Don't you want to live a life?"

As a long-term rival, Du Du still knows the Liaodong Army very well.

Now the Liaodong Army has gradually gained seedlings on the mountain. All generals regard the soldiers under their command as their own private soldiers and will not easily fight with others at the risk of losses. However, in the past two days, Zu Dashou has launched strong attacks on the right side of Heisha Ridge, especially after the highest small mountain was occupied, he even transported ten artillery pieces to the mountain overnight and launched artillery attacks on the main peak from a high point, which made Du Du feel embarrassed.

"Where is our artillery, hurry up and fight back!" asked a general.

Someone on the side replied: "Our artillery has been almost exhausted these two days, and we can't fight artillery with the Ming army at all."

Since Tong Yangxing died in the battle, the firearm battalion was defeated and ordered to be killed by Du Du. The Qing army had no one who could play artillery. Therefore, these artillery had almost no effect, and most of them were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Ming army in the artillery battle. Without the cover of artillery fire, the Qing army could only hide in a bunker and let the Ming army's artillery be ravaged.

Seeing the atmosphere in the house becoming dull, a leader couldn't help but say, "Master Beile, you can't keep guarding here anymore. If you force yourself to keep guarding, we can't even leave for three days, even if we want to leave."

"Yes, Master Beile, now that our food and grass are burned, most of our artillery have been destroyed, and we can't hold on any longer. Let's withdraw back to Shengjing and make plans."

Seeing someone starting out, the generals also spoke out to persuade Du Du to retreat.

Du Du thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind and stomped his feet suddenly.

"Whether...go...send the order, the entire army is ready to retreat to Shengjing overnight tonight!"

"Yeah!"
Chapter completed!