Chapter 662: Yanmen Pass
The Red Gangsters are commendable for their strategic vision and tactical deployment, and he also pays special attention to intelligence gathering.
He had long known that Liu Zhilun, Fang Zhenghua and others led the Beijing camp and the defenders who were originally stationed in Zunhua to strictly defend the Yellow River and secure the land of Gyeonggi.
He never thought that under the premise that the Yellow River was frozen, the Qing army would not be able to penetrate the thousand-mile defense line arranged by Liu Zhilun with all its might, but the casualties were destined to be heavy when the army and people in Gyeonggi were united.
Chongde is not naΓ―ve to think that this invasion will be able to completely destroy the Ming Kingdom, and he doesn't care if he can hit the capital of the Ming Kingdom at all, where to rob is not to rob, is there a difference?
The Manchurian cavalry came to make a fortune, and for this they could not lose their lives, and they could not fight hard if they did not have to.
Since it was decided that it was necessary to have a decisive battle with the "Red Banner Army," it was better to take advantage of the high morale of the Manchurian generals sooner rather than later.
Chongde looked at the civilian and military generals who were patting on the back, and said with a smile: "It has been more than half a year since our army turned to war, and the harvest is huge, and it is time to go back, no matter whether Huang Han really goes to attack Shuozhou City, our army will also go there, not to mention being led by the nose of the 'Red Banner Army'." β
The red gangster is also a cargo who wants to save face and suffer from crimes, obviously he was mobilized by Huang Han and was about to rush to the preset warship of the "Red Flag Army" for a decisive battle, but he refused to admit it.
Generals such as Yanguli, Dudu, and Turai did not bother with such unnutritious topics as who was active and passive, they only wanted to seize the opportunity to have a good battle with the "Red Banner Army" and show their evil anger.
He said loudly: "Your Majesty, if our army fights with the 'Red Banner Army' in the field, we must send men and horses to launch a rushing attack, cut off the possibility of Huang Han escaping into the city, and strive to capture that fight."
After the 'Red Flag Army' is completely defeated, our Qing army will be like no one in the territory of the Ming Kingdom! β
These words are true, in the history of Chongzhen nine years of the Qing army invaded the Ming Dynasty, Ke 12 cities, 56 battles were victorious, captured the total soldier Chao Pichang and other people 280,000, looted gold and silver precious heavy items in silver more than 5 million taels.
Chongzhen's eleventh year of invasion was even more severe, and the Qing historical manuscript recorded that Azig, Dolgon, Duoduo, Yuetuo, Dudu, etc., reported from Beijing to Shanxi, returned to Shandong, attacked Jinan Mansion and broke it, ravaging thousands of miles.
The Ming soldiers were invincible, the Qing army was in 57 county towns in three prefectures, and Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi military affairs, was killed in battle, and Gaoyang County killed 100 or so people in front of Liaodong Jingluo, Supervisor, and Pavilion Lao Sun Chengzong.
Zhu Youyi, the king of Damingde, Zhu Ciyi, the king of the county, Zhu Cidang, the general of Fengguo, and Feng Yunsheng, the governor and eunuch of Jinan, killed more than 100 generals above the garrison of the second governor of the Ming Dynasty, and captured more than 500,000 people.
It can be seen that if there is no Huang Han and no "Red Banner Army" in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing soldiers can really run rampant in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The red gang said heroically: "However, as long as Huang Han dares to fight with my Qing army, I hope that all Aiqing will move forward bravely regardless of gains and losses, and kill or capture the three futures." β
The Manchu generals all said in unison: "Chi! β
After a while, many messengers rushed out of the big tent of the Qing army to convey the supreme instructions of the slave chiefs to the battalions.
Dolgon and Duoduo's two white flags have been in Shanxi for the past month, and the Red Gangsters have dealt with it as if it were true or not, regardless of whether the "Red Banner Army" attack was true or not.
Shuozhou City has hoarded the harvest accumulated during this time, if it is broken through by the "Red Flag Army", wouldn't it make hundreds of thousands of Qing troops busy for so long in vain?
He immediately sent a messenger to order the nearby Dolgon and Duoduo to move closer to Shuofang City to deal with the possible appearance of the "Red Banner Army", and he sent his henchmen to gallop to Shuozhou City to strictly order Wakda to strengthen its defenses.
The "Red Banner Army" is known as 100,000 people, and there are 50,000 in a discount, and its strength should not be underestimated!
Chongde had never despised Huang Han, and at this time he had more or less on his mind, and lost the intention of continuing to attack eastward to expand the results of the battle.
He was worried that if Dolgon and Duoduo's men and horses failed to fight Huang Han in Shanxi, and the border wall would be blocked after the "Red Banner Army" recaptured the pass, the Qing army would be trapped in the Ming Pass and need to re-attack the fortified city and Xiongguan with Huang Han's participation in the defense.
I don't know how many generals were sent to observe the defense system of the "Red Banner Army" on the Jinzhou and Jinzhou fronts, and even drew a lot of sketches for study, but unfortunately there is no good way to defeat the enemy.
If the "Red Banner Army" participates in the defense of the three outer passes, the Qing army needs to carry out a strong attack for battle, and the number of casualties should be shocking.
The red gang is a character, and he doesn't hesitate to leave.
Not long after, the Ming army reported that the Qing army, which had been attacking the city in Henan for nearly two months, began to retreat westward, and many soldiers and civilians in the Ming city who were facing a desperate situation got a chance to breathe.
It is obvious that the effect of the "Red Flag Army" is reflected, at this time, whether it is affiliated with the Donglin Party or the Qianqian Party, or the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party, all the civilian and military generals are looking forward to the victory of the general over the Qing army.
The Nu chieftain was particularly concerned about whether the "Red Banner Army" had gone to Shanxi, where it had appeared now, how many men and horses there were, and how many sentry horses were coming and going.
Soon the Red Gangsters got the exact news, and the Malay newspaper reported that the "Red Flag Army" suddenly appeared outside the east gate of Yanmen Pass, the number of which is unknown, and it is certain that it will not be less than 20,000 or 30,000.
The Qing soldiers left behind to guard Yanmen Pass was Gushan Ezhen Xihan, who had 1,000 cavalry of 8 banners and 2,000 Mongols, as well as 5 or 600 bannermen and clothed minions with the army.
With these horses and horses sticking to Xiongguan, it should not be easily broken through by the "Red Banner Army", who knows what to be afraid of.
The Nu chief soon received a report that the Ming army's attack was so sharp that the Qing defenders could not even hold out for half a day before declaring Yanmen Pass a failure.
The main general of the gate, Xihan, was nowhere to be found, and it should be more than auspicious, and only more than 1,000 people of more than 3,000 people fled to Shuozhou City.
This bad news was like thunder on the ground, and the big fat man Chongde suddenly had a nosebleed, his head was dizzy, and he almost fell off his horse.
The Red Gangster was completely shocked, thinking that when the Qing army seized Yanmen Pass, it fought for three days and three nights, and the corpses of the Han people who drove to seize the pass were stacked on top of each other, almost higher than the wall.
In order to ensure the safety of Yanmen Pass, the Red Gang specially arranged for the brave general Xihan to be garrisoned, and asked him to be prepared to defend it, organize the Han people to strengthen the Guancheng, and prepare a large number of rolling logs and boulders on the wall of the pass.
At this time, the retreating Qing army marched to Xingyang, and the red gangsters hurriedly gathered to discuss matters.
It's just that only three days have passed, and the news of the "Red Banner Army's" victory over the Qing army came.
In the public hall of the Xingyang prefect of the original Ming Dynasty, one or two hundred Manchu civil officials and military generals did not dare to speak, and the needles in the hall could be heard, only the heavy breathing of the master was particularly harsh.