He Yongqing once followed Huang Han in Beijing, and the elders of the pavilion often saw him, and even drank with Xu Guangqi and Zheng Guochang, but he was not afraid of stage fright at all, he was too lazy to take care of Xiong Wencan, and he opened his throat and shouted:

"Brothers, you are all good, because not only did you not choose to surrender to Jiannu, but you also kept the stupid governor of the five provinces who came to Tongguan.

In order to prevent any conspirators, this officer orders everyone to lay down their arms and submit to the investigation, and once the investigation is passed, all of you have the opportunity to be recruited as the 'Red Banner Army'. ”

As expected, the 2,000 cavalry who successfully escaped back were all over the place.

Knowing that the next step was to disarm and enter Tongguan to accept the reorganization of the "Red Banner Army", they all cheered and jumped off their horses.

He Yongqing saw that the effect was so good, and said: "Brothers, the 'Red Flag Army' is well treated and well-equipped, and it is well known that the 'Red Flag Army' is brave and tenacious, and it does not rob the people if they starve to death.

There are no bad breeds and no good looks in the 'Red Banner Army', do you have the confidence to become a glorious cavalry of the 'Red Banner Army' through selection? ”

The cavalry of the Ming army of about 2,000 people are actually elite, and their riding skills are good, otherwise how could they outperform 95% of their teammates and come to the west gate of Tongguan?

At this time, when they learned that everyone might become a member of the "Red Banner Army" with the best treatment and repeated victories due to a blessing in disguise, they all said in unison: "Have confidence, the 'Red Banner Army' will be victorious, and the general will be mighty!" ”

No more Ming army was willing to look at Xiong Wencan, which made the governor of the five provinces shudder, and he mustered up the courage to ask:

"Bold, this official controls the five provinces, and the governors have to bow down, how dare you be so rude, is there any royal law?"

Huang Huiwu drove his horse forward, stretched out one arm and picked up Xiong Wencan and threw it to the ground, shouting and scolding: "Stupid as a pig, you dare to play official power after losing 120,000 yuan of the imperial army, have you ever thought that the emperor could be the nine clans?" ”

Seeing Xiong Wencan fall into the mud, all the Ming soldiers cheered: "Good, good!" The 'Red Banner Army' is good! It was indeed this damn thing that buried hundreds of thousands of troops. ”

Xiong Wencan, who was so disgraced that he trembled with anger and couldn't speak for a while......

A "Red Banner Army" magistrate said loudly: "You are waiting in line to register your name, place of origin, position, etc., don't make noise during the waiting period, all stand upright, and sing military songs with your own officer."

Prepare to start, 'angry hair rushes to the crown railing, Xiaoxiao rain breaks. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce. ’”

Nine out of ten of the cavalry of the Ming army were veterans, and their service period reached more than three or five years.

But somehow, it may be that they were shocked by the powerful aura of the "Red Banner Army", and they all stood straight at this moment and sang in unison: "Thirty merits and fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon ......"

Even some people were in tears, and the kind of happiness that not only escaped death, but also finally found the happiness of the organization rippled on their faces.

The proud "Red Banner Army" and the invincible "Red Banner Army" are the collectives that every Ming army yearns for, and it takes twice the result with half the effort to contain and integrate the defeated troops.

As for how to deal with Xiong Wencan, who has always been in a high position and has raised enough official spirit, it is even simpler, directly stuff him into a wooden cage prison car, starve him for two days, and wait until he has the consciousness of a criminal prisoner.

In the next few days, almost every day, hundreds or thousands of defeated soldiers called for the pass at the West Gate.

He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu collected a total of nearly 40,000 soldiers and civilians, of which a small half were Ming troops, cavalry accounted for more than 40 percent, and more than 8,000 war horses and horses were obtained.

This is very normal, the rabble out of the customs is as high as 250,000, in addition to the incorporating rogues, the Ming army and horses are as high as 150,000, although the cavalry does not reach the quota of 30%, it is close to 20%, the total is close to 30,000.

When the Ming army suffered defeat under normal circumstances, the infantry could not escape nine times out of ten, and the cavalry had a chance to escape.

When they left the customs, all the Ming troops saw that the walls here were strong, the soldiers were strong, and the red flags were fluttering, and they knew that the famous "Red Flag Army" had a battalion in Tongguan to assist in the defense.

Of course, they ran in this direction, and it is not surprising that less than a third of the cavalry managed to run to Tongguan.

He Yongqing was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth, he was simple-minded, and he had long recognized only the head of the family and not the court.

He didn't care about the loss of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the imperial court, and was complacent about the extra 8,000 horses and about 20,000 Ming troops.

He Yongqing, Gu Kui and the other four were selected by Huang Han as personal guards because of their outstanding martial arts and outstanding riding skills.

With war horses and seven or eight thousand Ming troops with riding skills, I believe that He Yongqing will soon train thousands of cavalry.

In the future, the main barracks in the interior will not all be Class B battalions with insufficient cavalry, and after half a year, there will be six battalion heads that will be able to obtain the establishment of Class A battalions.

He Yongqing realized that he could contain too many people on the day he took over Xiong Wencan's defeated army, and he wrote a report in time and sent it to Shanhaiguan with 600 miles of expedited.

The headquarters of the "Red Banner Army" was asked to allocate at least 300 cavalry commanders, stated that it would expand the cavalry by at least 6,000 troops, and asked the headquarters to replenish equipment in a timely manner.

Although Sun Yingyuan coveted the "Red Flag Army" and got tens of thousands of men, he did not open his mouth to compete with He Yongqing, because there were enough men and horses under his deputy general, and if he expanded the number of men and horses on a large scale, where would the food and salary come from?

Besides, the "Red Banner Army" can give the cavalry regular soldiers a monthly salary of two or four dollars of silver, and the true color of five buckets of polished rice, where can he afford it?

People go to high places, the "Red Flag Army" is famous, and the treatment is well-known, in the case of the "Red Flag Army" high-profile statement of acceptance of people, where will the Ming Army be stupid enough to follow him?

The efficiency of the "Red Banner Army" was extraordinary, and on the third day after He Yongqing's report was delivered to Shanhaiguan, 600 officers who had been transferred and promoted from various battalions set out.

They galloped directly to Tongguan from the western direction of Shanxi, and because they could get supplies along the way, they could change horses, but it took only eight days.

At the same time, the grain and equipment delivered by the Sifang Express also arrived one after another, and in order to increase the speed, most of these materials were temporarily transferred from the Shanxi Front Army, and then they could be replenished by Fang Liandong.

The idiom of chasing the Central Plains shows the importance of the Central Plains, and sending officers to incorporate the Ming army to form the "Red Flag Army" in the interior has achieved twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, Huang Han wanted to squeeze out manpower, so he not only appointed the three hundred cavalry commanders requested by He Yongqing, but also gave three hundred more.

Shaanxi will inevitably be lost, without reinforcements, Xi'an, which is running out of food, will definitely not be able to hold it, not counting the rogues who surrendered falsely, the loss of soldiers and horses of the Ming army will not be less than 250,000.

It is impossible for the Ming court to gather so many men and horses in a year or two, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp want to guard the land of Gyeonggi, and Chongzhen at this moment resolutely does not dare to fill this guard army to the Central Plains.