Chapter 713: Spring Offensive

At present, every year, hundreds or even thousands of orphans who have completed their studies and graduated from military management have joined the army, and this number will increase in the future.

Orphans have grown up to become teenagers and young adults, and have become soldiers and officers of the "Red Banner Army", which are now in the tens of thousands, and will reach tens of thousands in the future.

These teenagers, who have regarded the "Red Flag Army" collective as their home since childhood, have impeccable loyalty to Huang Han, and after several major battles, the teenagers have proved with military exploits that they are the bravest fighters and the most tenacious fighters.

The "Red Banner Army" is strong, and it can completely push and crush the opponent, and there is no need to hide it.

The military, civilian, civilian, and military officials all knew that the "five-year Pingliao" plan had been officially launched, and that a "spring offensive" would be launched this year, and that the first goal would be to completely take over Korea, which had been occupied by Jiannu.

The propaganda of the propaganda team and the pacification officials was very straightforward, and the articles published in the "Red Flag Daily" were also very explicit.

The "Red Banner Army" knew that after regaining the territory of the original Joseon Kingdom from Jiannu, it would not be returned to the former Joseon royal family that might survive, and it would never be possible to rebuild the Joseon Kingdom.

Instead, the four counties of Lelang, Xuansu, Lintun and Zhenfan at the time of the Han Dynasty were restored and included in the bag as the land of the Ming Dynasty.

Part of the more than 40 million mu of land there will be rewarded to the officers and men of the "Red Banner Army," and part of it will be used for military cantonment.

I learned that the fight against North Korea was not to make wedding dresses for others, but to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty, restore the homeland for the Han family, and strive for a broader world for the military and civilians in the "Red Banner Army" system.

The soldiers were enthusiastic, and everyone asked to participate in the war, and many people who had participated in the training took the initiative to sign up and ask to serve with the army.

The general was stationed in Zhangjiakou, Shanxi, and was responsible for the preparations for the spring offensive by a nine-man regiment composed of Huang Yizhou, Song Pengfei, Yang Hanwei, Sun Yuanhua, Qin Yanyi, Huang Long, Sun Chuanting, Jin Sheng, and Liu Fenyong.

When Huang Han invited Sun Chuanting to drink and talk for a long time for the first time, the two talked until midnight, and finally they both got drunk.

At that time, Huang Han was burning his words: he wanted to recapture Korea from Jiannu, restore the four counties of the Han Dynasty, and incorporate this peninsula into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Chuanting did not have the pedantry of ordinary literati, and praised Huang Han's decision, shook Huang Han's hands on the spot, and asked to participate in the national war for Korea with the strength of wine.

Of course, Huang Han would not refuse to agree, and the next day he gave Sun Chuanting a task that could go down in history, let him participate in the formulation of a plan to attack North Korea, and asked him to send more scouts to land in North Korea for field investigations.

Sun Chuanting was conscientious, and more than once in this year, he took a gunboat to inspect the Yalu River, the Geumgang River, the Han River, and the Nakdong River, and even landed on the Korean Peninsula and used a clairhand to peek into the defense system of the Qing army.

He often held meetings to refine the attack plan, striving to minimize casualties and maximize the casualties of the Qing army.

Jin merchants were uprooted, and there were not a few Jiannu who were caught in Shanxi and Xuanda, even if there were still many spies, it was difficult to get out of the customs.

However, in order to boost the self-confidence of the Ming army and civilians, let everyone know that the Ming Dynasty has developed from passive beating to active offensive against Jiannu.

The upcoming spring offensive of the "Red Banner Army" was so well publicized that it may have become a household name, and the news of course reached Shengjing, the puppet capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Fan Wencheng, Gao Hongzhong, Ning Wan and I and other traitors have a lot of eyeliner in Daming, and even Shanshan, Henan and even Nanzhili have Jiannu spies active.

It's just that the "Red Flag Army" has appeared, and it is already difficult for Jiannu's spies to transmit information, and it is difficult to go without him.

The border wall of Beizhili has been actually controlled by the "Red Banner Army" for more than a year, and the inventory is extremely strict, and those who leave the customs must not only have a road guide, but also someone to act as a guarantee on the spot, and it is not easy to pass the customs in a muddle, and if they do not get through, they will be detained and thrown into a certain mining area for three years.

Shanxi, Xuanda border wall passes, and fortresses are now firmly controlled by the "Red Banner Army", and the customs regulations are more stringent, and there are often whole teams of merchants who are detained and sent to mining due to problems with goods and attachés.

If Jiannu's spies wanted to be safer when sending information, they had to make a detour to Yansui Town and Ningxia Town, because the delay was too long, and often the time limit for the delivery of information had expired, and it was completely useless.

The slave chief Chongde watched the annihilation of Yanguli's army under Ningwu Pass, leaving behind an incomparable psychological shadow, after all, he was one of the few chiefs among the Tunguska savages who could read Han books and possess wisdom.

A glimpse of the whole leopard showed that the Red Gang had seen the sharp artillery fire of the infantry formation of the "Red Banner Army" and knew that only heavy artillery could contend with it.

After returning to Shengjing, the Red Gangsters immediately summoned Tong Tulai, Cao Zhenyan, and Tong Yangcui without a single day of delay, and ordered them to purchase and produce iron materials in large quantities, and cast the "Heavenly Blessing Helping General" cannon to train artillery at any cost.

It's a pity that the house leak happened to rain overnight, and within a few days, Chongde learned that Huang Han started to engage in Jin merchants in Shanxi, basically all of them, and the purchase of five million taels of silver prepaid by the Qing Kingdom to the eight Jin merchants was not only wasted, but also really cheapened the "Red Flag Army".

When he first heard the bad news, Chongde was so shocked that he had a nosebleed again, and scared Gao Hongzhong, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and more than a dozen traitors who came to discuss the matter.

However, the tenacious Chongde pinched his nose and insisted on discussing with a few traitors, and Chongzhen really pinched his nose this time, because he couldn't stop the nosebleed without pinching it.

Fan Wencheng reported: "Your Majesty, today's Shanxi and Xuanda are all taken over by the "Red Flag Army", and those young soldiers are infinitely loyal, and under their interrogation, no contraband can get out.

The risk of detouring from Yansui Town and Gansu is not small, the most important thing is that the Fan family, the Jin family, the Wang family and other Great Jin merchants who originally cooperated well with me in the Qing Dynasty have not seen anyone alive or dead, and the trade route has been cut off, and it is impossible for the Qing Dynasty to buy a large amount of iron from the Ming Dynasty. ”

It's hard for a clever daughter-in-law to cook without rice! The traitors Cao Zhenyan and Tong Yangcui, who were responsible for casting cannons for "my Great Qing Dynasty", were helpless, and they had to go back and forth to Chongde, hoping to reduce the number of cannons cast.

At this time, Cao Zhenyan took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, there is so much steel needed to cast cannons, and it is impossible to complete the quantity required by Your Majesty without raw materials. ”

Chongde urn said angrily: "You Aiqing must not be able to face difficulties and stagnate, God bless the general artillery has been related to the national fortune, if there is no heavy artillery to assist in the defense of the position and city, how can my Qing army resist the artillery fire of the 'Red Flag Army'?" ”