Chapter 836: Hard Hit

Those who have meritorious service are rewarded, and it is very timely, the Mongolian auxiliary soldiers who confirmed that they have received the decapitation merit were announced to be upgraded on the spot, and the auxiliary soldiers were treated as guards and were already guards and immediately became cavalrymen of the "Red Banner Army".

Although the award was a bit rough, it was effective for the Mongolians, who were basically illiterate, and seeing that dozens of their companions were promoted and their salaries were doubled, more than 6,000 people were all as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

They all know that they are going to face 50,000 Qing troops, as long as their hands and feet are fast, it should not be difficult to get a first-level beheading skill, and whether their wives and children can live a good life is in front of them.

The cavalry who took the initiative to fight overshadowed the Qing army in terms of momentum, and it was not an exaggeration to describe all the horses facing the battle with the unity of all people.

Huang Han's personal guard battalion was all cavalry, and more than half of the teenagers were able to fight on horseback.

The reinforced battalions of Hanzi and Yang Danian have two thousand total cavalry, and Wang Zhicheng, Wang Zhanpeng, Sang Yu, Liu Fenyong, Yuan Siming and other eight battalions have a thousand total cavalry.

His father, Huang Yizhou, also participated in the battle, and he led a general personal guard cavalry to advance in the direction of the Qing army's assembly in a formation like a wall.

Of course, Huang Han is now full of words, but whenever his father is present, he really feels in a dilemma, fortunately, the law of the "Red Flag Army" is relatively perfect, and it is impossible for the main general to take the lead.

Most of the elite cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" is here, and the probability of losing one of the main generals, Huang Yizhou, should be very low.

Hanzi and Yang Danian saw that the old master was in battle, how dare they make a mistake, they personally led the cavalry directly under their command to surround Huangyizhou in the middle, and told the soldiers under their command that if the old master injured a hair, we should not go back.

Huang Han was actually reluctant to use cavalry to fight hard, he was still ready to use infantry to push a small artillery cart with a pound of Furlong to advance in formation, first bombarding the Manchurian cavalry and then launching a cavalry group charge.

However, in summer, the grassland land was soft, and even if a pound of artillery was only about 100 catties plus the total number of gun trucks, it was not light, so the wheels often fell into the mud, which greatly affected the speed of the infantry formation.

At this time, the Mongolian auxiliaries who were enthusiastic about killing the enemy had already taken the initiative to wander around the periphery of the military formation to annihilate the Qing army rangers, and gradually broke away from the military formation because of their meritorious service.

Seeing that the infantry was not advancing at an ideal speed, several thousand Mongolian light cavalry had already advanced ten miles, and the request of Hanzi, Yang Danian and other generals to lead the cavalry to charge in formation was approved.

Huang Han was not worried that the elite cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" would not be able to defeat the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, but he was worried that the casualties would be too large and the victory would be defeated.

The Qing army's rangers were only two or three hundred, and there were too many Mongolian auxiliaries who wanted to get the decapitation merit, reaching five or six thousand, and they did not engage at all.

The follow-up rangers hurriedly responded, and then the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry continued to join the battle group, and the scout battle that should have belonged to a small fight also fought thousands of troops, and even Du Du went up with his personal guards.

It's a pity that it didn't last long, that is, Haoge had already tried to find out that the number of the "Red Flag Army" exceeded the number of men and horses led by him, and his Lao Tzu's instructions played a role, Haoge didn't dare to let go, and Mingjin retreated fifty miles.

Thousands of horses galloped, shouting and killing were earth-shattering, although the Qing army was not killed and retreated, but forced to retreat, even so can prove that the cavalry against the "Red Banner Army" is not worried about the so-called "invincible" Jiannu cavalry.

Huang Yizhou, Liu Zhilun, and Zheng Guochang all personally experienced the field combat capability of the "Red Banner Army" and all felt relieved.

Seeing that it was getting late, and the night battle on the endless prairie was not conducive to the use of the firearms of the "Red Banner Army", Huang Han also collected his troops and camped on the spot.

The sky is vast and vast, and 50,000 or 60,000 horses are like a drop in the ocean in the vast prairie.

The mobility of the Manchurian cavalry under Haoge is even better than that of the "Red Banner Army" with nearly 30,000 infantry, if they have been circling in the prairie to avoid the war, Huang Han really can't do anything about them.

The number of cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" was only half of that of the Manchurian cavalry, and if there was no infantry closely following at the time of engagement, there was a possibility that 1,000 enemies would be killed and 800 casualties would exist.

It was impossible for Huang Han to let Hanzi and Yang Danian lead the cavalry to chase the Qing army for battle, and at most fifty miles away from the infantry formation was the limit.

In the next few days, scout battles were fought every day, and there were casualties on each other, and the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" did not have an advantage.

The reason is very simple, many of the people who participated in the scout battle were not regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" at all, but Mongolian light cavalry who were eager to be rewarded for meritorious service and get regular treatment.

Hanzi, Yang Danian, Sang Yu and so on took turns to serve as forwards, and often the Qing army found that the knights who pulled down their armor came in groups and slipped away, so they didn't get much gains.

On the battlefields west and south of Jinzhou, the attacks launched by Song Pengfei, Sun Yuanhua, and Zheng Xiaowen were extremely sharp.

The "Red Banner Army" stationed on the front line of Tashan had confronted the Qing army for too long, and it had already penetrated the enemy thoroughly, and I don't know how many times the targeted exercises were conducted, which made many veterans unbearable.

Finally, the order to advance was obtained, and under the cover of artillery fire, under the cover of Minnie's gunners, the sword and shield men armed to the tooth and the steel shield carried steel shields to fight for the trenches one by one.

Soon, the Qing army, which had no fighting spirit, formed a wave of surrender, and this time the attack was too smooth, and in three days, not only did the defense line advance ten miles, but also the positions in the south and west of Jinzhou were all taken.

There are Hongyi cannons at the head of Jinzhou city, and the total number is quite a lot, the first line of defense of the "Red Banner Army" is ten miles away from the city wall, and the more than 10,000 Qing troops who surrendered are familiar with the road, and now they are happy to serve the "Red Banner Army".

It's too hard to work with Jiannu, and it's barely enough to eat two meals of cereals a day, and you can't see meat once a month.

After surrendering, they were able to eat cooking cakes and white rice, and they were able to eat sea fish and eggs every two days, which made these original Ming troops feel like a world away.

The "Red Banner Army" broke through the defense line and was approaching Jinzhou, and the emergency military situation was delivered to Shengjing, and the slave chief Chongde was shocked.

He didn't know that the "Red Banner Army" had no intention of directly seizing Jinzhou in this military operation, and he was not only worried that Jinzhou would be lost, but also that his son Haoge would be cut off from his way back.

Hauge's men were unable to make a passage to the west, so he had no choice but to send a messenger to his father, who had arrived in Shengjing.

When Chongde learned of the situation, he immediately ordered Haoge's division to return to Jinzhou.

Chongde is not much better than Chongzhen, it is also an internal and external difficulty, Chongde is not as good as Chongzhen, because his body is not as good as day by day.

Haoge encountered the main force of the "Red Banner Army", and at the same time, Huang Han was also able to launch a sabotage battle to break through the Jinzhou defense line in one fell swoop.

It can be seen that although the people who went to Shaanxi turned the world upside down, it was useless, and Huang Han was not moved at all.