Huang Han often mobilized the military and civilians to build and maintain official roads in the form of work-for-relief, and many cities even built concrete roads that could run five four-wheeled carriages side by side.

It is less than 2,000 miles from Shanhaiguan to the Yellow River, and the roads in most areas are in good condition, so it took 30,000 people and horses seven days to arrive.

Since it was not a rapid march, there was no attrition, no one was left behind, and all the soldiers were physically strong.

This is the result of unremitting slackness and hard training in ordinary times, and the "Red Flag Army" trains long-distance running of 10 miles a day, which is commonplace, and under normal circumstances, it is a cross-country 10-mile cross-country with a weight of 60 pounds.

Therefore, the infantry can ride bicycles for even six hours a day.

The cavalry with two war horses can run two hundred or dozens of miles a day and can last more than half a month, only seven days, of course, everyone is full of energy, and the state of the preferred war horse is beyond doubt.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were paying attention to the "Red Banner Army", and many dignitaries, nobles, and even changed into civilian clothes and brought their henchmen and family members on the way.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing, and their purpose is to see with their own eyes this invincible and invincible army.

It's not these people who care about state affairs, of course, there are also some officials who put state affairs first and want to see with their own eyes the legendary teachers of civilization and benevolence.

However, the vast majority of civilian and military generals want to bet on the right treasure, and only after seeing the strength of the "Red Banner Army" can they invest boldly with confidence, and will look for opportunities to defect to the "King of Hanjiang County".

The cavalry team of people like tigers and horses like dragons has seen many civilian and military generals with their own eyes when they were in Beijing before, but it is the first time they have seen 10,000 or 20,000 at a time, and the most impressive thing for everyone is the cavalry infantry.

When the Han army did not rely on war horses for maneuver, the shortcomings of the Han people's poor riding skills no longer existed, and it was saved to spend five or six years training Han peasants to become cavalry.

I don't know how many disabilities will be caused in five or six years of training, not only the soldiers need to pay blood and sweat, but the imperial court also needs to pay a lot of food, all in all, training the Han cavalry is time-consuming, laborious, expensive and food, and the final cavalry combat ability is still not as good as that of Jiannu and Tartar.

Well, now, with the cavalry infantry who can easily move two or three hundred miles a day, everything is so simple.

As long as you have an absolute numerical advantage, the infantry will follow the enemy cavalry on bicycles unhurriedly, and it will be harmless for three or five days, and ten days and a half months will make the enemy's war horses tired, and if you hold on for another ten days and half a month, the enemy war horses will be exhausted and half of them.

This is not a rhetoric, the endurance of the war horse cannot be compared with people, people riding a bicycle can not catch up with the war horse in a short time, but as long as you don't follow the wrong direction after running for a day or two, you will definitely be able to keep up.

Later tactics, of course, were to equip the cavalry infantry with about 10% of elite cavalry, and the cavalry would track and conduct scout warfare.

The enemy cavalry dared to fight a decisive battle, and the cavalry infantry blocked all the bicycles in front of the army formation, slowed down the enemy's cavalry sprint, and then fired a volley of guns behind the car formation, as long as the number of people had an absolute advantage, it was not a problem to win the war.

Too many high-ranking officials and nobles were inexplicably excited after seeing the new class of the "Red Banner Army" cavalry infantry, and they were sure that they had bet on the right treasure, and the bicycles were really as well introduced as Sun Yuanhua, Wu Xiang, Zhang Fengyi, etc., and large-scale troops were indispensable.

Such a good thing to sell on the market must also be a hot item, the main structure of the bicycle is steel, which shows that investing in steel plants, coking plants, and vehicle factories will be able to make huge profits.

There are also many dignitaries and nobles who have repented of their intestines, and they have the mind of waiting and seeing, who knows that the first batch of capital raised by the "King of Hanjiang County" will be in place in a few days, and if you want to invest now, you must wait for the next batch of projects.

As for what the next batch of projects will be, no one can say for sure, it has to be decided according to the market situation, and the staff of the "Sifang Qianzhuang" who received you cannot give an accurate answer, and can only guess that it should still be steelmaking, shipbuilding, and cannon casting as the mainstream.

Among the dignitaries who began to regret not taking out the silver to subscribe for equity were Emperor Chongzhen's father-in-law Zhou Kui and Tian Hongyu, Zhou Kui was a miser, and he didn't scatter eagles when he didn't see rabbits, and Tian Hongyu was too shrewd to do things and look ahead.

Cousin Zhou Kui is a native of Suzhou, the father of the queen of the dynasty, in his early years, he relied on practicing medicine on the streets, divination to make a living, is a miser, a mouse-eyed, a dime, he thinks that he has lost the opportunity to make a lot of money, he is so angry that he beats his chest at home.

The reign prince of the dynasty, who was canonized as Jiadingbo, had too many civil and military generals with stinky feet, but Huang Han never birded him, and he didn't dare to provoke the powerful "King of Hanjiang County", so he could only lose his temper at home.

Tian Hongyu is Concubine Tian's father, with the title of Jinyiwei commander, and has a real position equivalent to Jinyiwei's signing, between the identity of his relatives, and the actual commander Li Ruolian usually gives him three points.

This person is better than Zhou Kui, at least he has a specialty, and he is good at girl cultivation, and he has ascended to the sky in one step because he has carefully cultivated Tian Xiuying.

Tian Hongyu is accustomed to drilling camps, and when he saw that the "King of Hanjiang County" was in full swing, he had an idea in his heart, and he worked tirelessly to go south to Yangzhou and Suzhou to find a beautiful woman with excellent talent and appearance for a period of time, as a gift to the King of Hanjiang County.

When Huang Han led the army to the north bank of the Yellow River, it was already the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and the thirty horsemen of the scout team sent by Gu Rushan to contact finally met the "King of Hanjiang County".

The task of the scouts was to report the plan of the Central Plains Front to launch an attack, and hoped to get the cooperation of the reinforcements.

Huang Han looked at the plan, and handed it over to the tactician Sun Chuanting to organize the army to praise the painting for improvement, and an hour later, the Chinese army beat the drums and gathered the generals.

Intelligence shows that the Liukou and Qing soldiers attacked eastward in several ways, obviously trying to reach Nanzhili and plunder along the Grand Canal.

The Qing army seemed to be more cautious and deliberately left the vicinity of the Yellow River, they laid down several county towns around Xuchang, and now united with Lao Hui Ma Shouying, Scorpion Block Tuoyangkun, Geli Yan He Yilong, and sweeping king Zhang Yichuan to capture Luyi along the way.

It can be seen from this that when the reinforcements rushed to Caozhou, they would not encounter 60,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry within a day or two, and the enemy was only a rabble led by Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Liu Guineng, etc.

Liu Kou's combat effectiveness Sun Chuanting really didn't like it, he suggested a quick victory, and the reinforcements did not stop for a moment and went directly to Caozhou.

Nearly 30,000 elites of the "Red Banner Army" were here, even if the Qing army was nearby, it was not a big deal, and Sun Chuanting's suggestion was supported by Huang Han and the generals.

Before assigning the task, Huang Han specially convened the propagandists and the town's officials above the 100 general manager to hold a brief communication meeting.

He ordered the pacification officials and propagandists to intensify their efforts to persuade them to surrender, and also urged the soldiers not to kill red-eyed people, and to capture as many prisoners as possible, making it clear that this battle was not based on how many merits were won, but on the basis of captures.