Less than half a month after the "Red Flag Army" entered Shanxi to participate in the war, it put on a posture of closing the outer three passes and strictly guarding the inner three passes.

Of course, a discerning person can see that this is completing the deployment of closing the door and beating the dog! The officials and generals in the court, the Jingjian restaurant and the tea shop in Jingcheng City, including the storyteller, are all hotly discussed.

Everyone argues about how many Tartars and Jiannu the "Red Banner Army" was able to kill in Shanxi? No one doubted the ability of the generals to be recruited, everyone began to blindly obey, and the tall image of the "Red Banner Army" as invincible was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It's only been half a month, and the new currency has been flowing into every family unconsciously, and the "Sifang Bank" is waiting in line to exchange the new currency for silver, and the vast majority of them are soldiers and civilians who come to exchange silver for new currency.

Emperor Chongzhen's face is rarely rosy, and that is because he has eaten a lot of food in the past few days, and he can fall asleep on the pillow, and he dreams all night until dawn.

The platform was discussed, and the cabinet ministers and more than a dozen important ministers were all red-faced.

He Ruzhong, the minister temporarily replaced the secretary of the military department, and he read the good news that Wang Zhaokun had just sent a messenger to deliver the good news, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud with great relief.

"Your Majesty, the old minister Guan Zheng's general arranged it like this, with the intention of driving out all the Jiannu in Shanxi!"

Wen Tiren said with a smile: "Dongnu deceived people too much, this time I entered the customs for half a year and still refused to retreat, I don't know how many people were poisoned by the Ming military and civilian officials, and the old minister supported the 'Red Flag Army' to kill those thieves ruthlessly, I don't want to be taken prisoner." ”

He Ru said: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, asked for an order to lead 20,000 horses across the Yellow River to pursue Jiannu, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Chongzhen asked, "Henan's Jiannu has retired?" Where have they gone now? Lord Liu led 20,000 horses across the river to pursue, what if he encountered a counterattack by Jiannu? ”

Wen Tiren, who was good at figuring out the holy will, immediately understood the emperor's thoughts, and said: "The old minister thinks that there is a risk for Lord Liu to cross the river to pursue, and Dongnu has more than 50,000 cavalry, and it is the slave chief who personally leads the troops, so how can he not take precautions when he retreats?"

In case Dongnu Dog jumped over the wall in a hurry and refused to fight with the 'Red Flag Army', and chose to turn around and eat Lord Liu's 20,000 pursuers and cross the Yellow River to enter the land of Gyeonggi, my Ming Dynasty's losses are immeasurable. The old minister advised Lord Liu not to act rashly. ”

He Ruzhong thought it made sense when he heard it, and said: "In this case, the old minister asks His Majesty to continue to order the people of Henan Prefecture to act rashly, and if you persist for the last few days, you will not fall short in the end." ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Good!" The cabinet immediately drafted a decree and strictly ordered the civilian and military generals not to fall for the treacherous scheme of the Eastern slaves, and to guard the city and protect the lives and property of the soldiers and civilians in the city as the primary task. ”

Huang Han openly bargained with the imperial court, which of course left a shadow in the emperor's mind, and the "Red Flag Army" was essentially different from other Ming armies in Chongzhen's eyes.

The emperor understood that the "Red Banner Army" could no longer be dispatched by the imperial court, and could only be used through consultation with Huang Han, and the "Red Banner Army" had become a private army.

At this time, Chongzhen of course had to protect the army loyal to himself and avoid suffering losses in a vicious battle, as for whether Liu Zhilun's troops and Lu Xiangsheng's troops could follow the pursuit, the emperor did not consider it for the time being.

Why not drive the tiger and devour the wolf?

There are 120,000 regular soldiers in the Qing army, including 60,000 Mongolian light cavalry, nearly 20,000 Guanning traitor cavalry, 40,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, plus 40,000 banners and clothed minions, and 120,000 white armor, horse armor and infantry armor with two horses.

Since leaving Shengjing in early May and entering the customs at the end of June, the fact that the Qing army has won many battles has been proven.

However, due to the "Red Banner Army" inserting a pole horizontally, the Qing army was defeated one after another, and more than 10,000 men and horses were lost, including more than 4,000 children of the Eight Banners.

Realizing that due to the lack of coverage of the "Red Flag Army" in the past two years, he could not predict that Huang Han's strength had increased several times, and the slave chief felt miserable in his heart, realizing that this time it was probably easy to enter the customs and difficult to get out.

No way, the red gang can only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, he still has to pretend to be light and light, and he seems to be in the chest, but as everyone knows, the slave chief has insomnia all night long, and his physical fitness is getting worse.

The unknown is terrifying, and the slave chief can't estimate how many people he will lose in the duel with the "Red Banner Army"? Of course, it's extremely anxious!

Compared with the slave chieftain, Huang Han seemed calm and calm, he was not in a hurry, completed the deployment of closing Shanxi, and divided the Qing army of more than 100,000 into two groups.

This move is wonderful, the "Red Banner Army" is about equivalent to concentrating all the mobile troops to enter Shanxi for a fierce battle, and the Qing army actually concentrated all the mobile cavalry to plunder the Ming Dynasty.

However, after being divided by Huang Han, it became the "Red Banner Army" to concentrate on attacking half of the main forces of the Qing army that had entered the customs, and then consider the main force of the Red Gangsters to expand the results of the battle after defeating the Qing troops entrenched in Shuozhou City.

Jiannu is destined to suffer a big loss, and at the time of the decisive battle, not only will the time, place, and people be unavailable, but the troops will also be absolutely inferior.

Now the slave chieftain led a rapid assembly of 60,000 men and horses, plus 20,000 banners and coats.

The Qing army assembled in Shuozhou City, plus the banners and clothed minions, was less than 70,000, and the 20,000 or 30,000 new minions developed by the minions were not counted here.

The Qing army knew in their hearts that they really encountered a vicious battle, not to mention that the new minions could not even rely on the banners and clothes, and could only rely on the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry to fight.

Dolgon and Duoduo have already led their men to Shuozhou City, and with the two banner lords, the younger Wakda of course stepped aside, and Dolgon became the main general.

Dolgon should have been happy to have been fighting for power and power with Starlings for many years, and he had never been able to command so many horses, but he carefully understood and analyzed the whole story of Dordor's defeat, and felt that his head was as big as a fight.

Blessing is not a single line to disaster, the situation of Jiannu walking back has not stopped, and the news of the defeat of the Qing army has been delivered to Shuozhou City in the past few days.

Immediately afterwards, Yangguan Fort was lost, and only more than 200 wounded soldiers ran back, and later learned that these people were released by the Ming army to escape.

Dolgon was furious, and the rogue sent his henchmen to trap all these people, but the action was still too slow, and the entire Shuozhou city defenders knew the fact that Yangguan Fort was lost, and also knew that the "Red Banner Army" was now accepting surrender.

Just as Dorgon was racking his brains to think about how to eliminate the bad effects so that the Manchu cavalry would not be depressed, more than 100 wounded soldiers fled from the pass.

Yang Danian and Zhang Yang are all generals brought out by Huang Han, they not only have a subordinate relationship with Huang Han, but also a master-apprentice relationship, and their loyalty is impeccable.

The head of the family asked all the generals to give the Qing army facing defeat as much as possible, and Yang Danian, Zhang Yang, etc., of course, did it with their hearts, so more than 100 prisoners were released.