Chapter 917: Capture Liu Zongmin alive
The robbed rogues were carried away by the victory, and they were also robbed of too much gold and silver treasures, grain, and livestock, which stimulated their nerves, and they got carried away for a while.
Huang Sifang received information from Zhao Shisan's flag guards, and learned that Liu Zongmin, one of the Liukou generals, led 50,000 forward men and horses in the direction of "Zhongyi Fort".
There are about 150,000 follow-up people, led by Gao Yingxiang personally, but because of the coercion of many ordinary people who dragged their families and mouths, the distance between them and the striker was not less than 200 miles.
At this time, Huang Sifang had already assembled about 7,000 infantry of the "Red Banner Army", less than 800 cavalry, and less than 25,000 guards and regiments, and village warriors.
The vast majority of the cavalry came from the dart division, there were too few men and horses, and their combat effectiveness was not very strong, and their main task was to investigate.
With more than 30,000 men and horses, the number of young and middle-aged people who took the initiative to take up ash poles and spears to participate in the battle will not be less than 50,000.
But Huang Sifang was not satisfied with waiting passively, but tried to intercept the rogue on the periphery.
He took the initiative to find Liu Zhilun, who had retreated to the defense line of "Fort Zhongyi", and suggested that the two armies join forces to set up an ambush and give the rogues a head-on attack, so that they did not dare to advance.
Liu Zhilun was worried about whether to directly abandon the territory of Jingshinan and retreat to the capital.
Because even if he wants to fight, there are too many rogues, and if he is entangled, he will face the danger of being surrounded.
After listening carefully to Huang Sifang's plan, he learned that the "Red Banner Army" had also organized more than 30,000 men, and Liu Zhilun thought that it was worth a try for the two armies to join forces to kill Liu Zhongmin's vanguard force.
Liu Zongmin, who was born as a blacksmith, is in his thirties, kills people like hemp, is extremely brutal, greedy for money and lustful, and has more than enough success and failure.
In history, this person committed a great crime, and he was extremely cruel when he was tortured after entering the capital, which pushed the rogues to the opposite side of more people in disguise, resulting in the defeat of Li Chuang.
Liu Zongmin looked down on the combat effectiveness of the Ming army at all, knowing that the "Red Banner Army" was fighting the Qing army in Liaodong, and he thought that 50,000 horses should be unmatched, and the speed of advance was very fast.
Huang Sifang and Liu Zhilun's plan was that the "Red Banner Army" led the Xiangyong infantry to meet the head-on attack, and the Beijing cavalry moved behind Liu Zhongmin's troops to cut off their way back, and the infantry flanked them.
After the soldiers of the Beijing camp retreated to the "Zhongyi Fort", they felt at home.
The officials of the "Red Banner Army" system received them warmly, not only with an open supply of grain, but also with canned fish, eggs, and pork as much as possible.
It is a political task to win over the soldiers of the Beijing camp.
Therefore, when Liu Zhilun came to the "Zhongyi Fort" with his people, there was no one to talk about, and he didn't talk about who would bear the cost at all, but he directly ate and drank, and there was a ration of wine and meat.
Originally, they had feelings for the "King of Han" and got benefits, and when they learned that they were going to join forces with the "Red Banner Army" to fight a big battle, the morale of the soldiers in the Beijing camp was immediately high.
The "Red Banner Army" with a radius of more than 100 miles from "Zhongyi Fort" has been operating for many years, and when it was learned that Liukou crossed the Yellow River, it carried out the clear of the strong wall, and the common people carried grain and furniture to the "Zhongyi Fort" and "Houjiazhuang" with large livestock.
There were too many people to fit the two castles, and only the elderly, children, and infirm women were allowed to enter the castles, and both young men and able-bodied women took up ash poles and spears and stood guard in the camps built between the two castles.
Liu Zhilun had more than 10,000 cavalry and about 20,000 infantry in his hands, and they set up an ambush with Huang Sifang's 30,000 horses in the south of "Zhongyi Fort" 80 miles, and sure enough, Liu Zongmin's troops who were rushing into it were loaded.
More than 60,000 Ming troops against about 50,000 rogues, including 7,000 "Red Banner Army" soldiers, the overall combat effectiveness should not be weaker than the elite of the old battalion of 150,000 rogues, Liu Zongmin's 50,000 horses and horses can not afford to fight.
The battle of more than 100,000 horses sounds very mysterious, but in fact it is not as spectacular as imagined, and there is no tragedy of fighting and repeatedly rushing to kill.
That's because most of the rogues are afraid of the "Red Banner Army", admire the "Red Banner Army", and don't mind being prisoners of the "Red Banner Army".
When the cannon sounded, red flags fluttered in all directions, shouting and killing, "The Red Banner Army treats prisoners preferentially, and those who lay down their arms will not die!" When the slogan was earth-shattering, the vast majority of rogues chose to kneel down and surrender.
Liu Zongmin found that the situation was not good and immediately led the three thousand old battalion horses to escape, but unfortunately the Ming army had already mastered specific information, and Zhou Yuji, Chen Gao, Lin Daye and other Ming army generals had Liu Zongmin's portrait in their arms.
More than 10,000 cavalry of the Ming Army and 800 dart divisions surrounded and intercepted the 3,000 Liukou horse team, and the combat effectiveness was enough to crush it, "Capture Liu Zongmin alive!" Upgrade three levels in a row! The shouts of the people came and went.
In the end, Zhou Yuji became the lucky one and captured Liu Zongmin, who had been cut by him, alive.
In less than half a day, 50,000 horses were eaten, and only a few hundred old campers fled back, Gao Yingxiang was shocked.
After careful questioning, he learned that the front was the territory of the "Red Banner Army", and the "Red Banner Army" should not be less than 20,000.
The leaders and minions of the rogue who were originally advancing loudly learned that the fierce Liu Zongmin's troops had almost been wiped out, and they inquired one after another, and it was confirmed that they were attacked by the "Red Devils", and their morale plummeted.
Suddenly rumors spread, and the rogues were spreading one after another, Liu Zongmin's 50,000 horses were wrapped up without even holding on for half a day, and the "Red Devils" must have more than 20,000 people, maybe 50,000 or even more.
Many low-level rogues are discussing, and they can simply surrender, anyway, the "Red Banner Army" does not kill the prisoners and gives them enough food, and they can't fight for King Gaochuang.
The situation took a turn for the worse, and the team immediately became difficult to lead, and the number of deserters increased.
If it goes on like this, it will definitely not work, Gao Yingxiang made a wise decision, gave up the fantasy of killing the Benjing Division, and retreated with a population of seven or eight hundred thousand and a large amount of loot.
After King Gao Chuang personally led more than 20,000 horses from the old camp to break off, the army's heart was a little calmer, and the phenomenon of minions escaping was effectively contained.
was slapped in the face by the cruel reality, and Li Yan, who had been following Gao Yingxiang closely, had a lot of trouble, he began to doubt his life, and the pride of showing his ambitions was gone.
I thought that strengthening military discipline and winning the hearts of the people would make the righteous army reborn, but who knew that most of these people were mud and couldn't support the wall, and the spirit of the "Red Flag Army" was all gone.
If the "King of Han" led the victorious army into Henan and Shaanxi after pacifying Liaodong, how many rebels would dare to fight? One percent or two percent?
This scum among the scholars, one of the culprits of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty in history, realized that his fate would not be good, and thought about whether to take Xing Hongniang to choose the right time to escape into the mountains and live in seclusion.
Relatively speaking, Gao Yingxiang's psychological quality is much higher.
The reputation of King Gao Chuang is out, he has been up and down for more than ten years, and he has climbed to the top with tens of thousands of followers, and he was once like a lost dog, with only a few dozen people around him.
Now it is only a small loss, there is no wound at all, there are people, there is food, there are soldiers, as long as hundreds of thousands of people are taken away, it is not a problem to replenish 100,000 horses in less than half a year.