Chapter 912: Give it a go

The second part of the tactics formulated by the general praise painting department began, and the deep ditch barrier was strictly guarded.

Huang Han did not fight Shengjing for the time being, but turned the passive into the active, and formed a strong village under the nose of the Qing army to improve its defense, luring the Qing army to attack the fortification.

Three days later, under the patrol of the cavalry, under the cover of the strict defense of the infantry wheelbarrow formation.

The harvest began with the army and the garrison army, and it is expected that about 60% of the total sown area of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be transformed into military rations and horse fodder for the "Red Banner Army."

The "Red Banner Army" stopped fighting and began to grab wheat, but the Red Gangsters were so angry that they had nosebleeds after hearing the report.

Of course, he refused to suffer such a big loss, and the battle for the scale of the Manchurian cavalry and cavalry of 10,000 people began.

Leaving the position that had been in operation for two years, leaving the artillery support, under the artillery attack of the "Red Banner Army", the cavalry raid, and the blockade of the Mini gunners, the two sides fought back and forth for more than ten days, and the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

Because the casualty rate was much higher than that of the "Red Banner Army", and because the wheat had already been harvested, after paying the price of more than 8,000 horses, Chongde gave up.

Although the "Red Banner Army" suffered more than 4,000 casualties, the casualty rate and disability rate accounted for only half of the total.

The decisive battle had not yet begun, and the field hospital had to deal with more wounded, and nearly 3,000 wounded were transported to Gaizhou Port and transferred to major hospitals for follow-up treatment after first aid treatment.

As the temperature is getting lower and lower, which is conducive to the preservation of corpses, Huang Han does not care about the cost, and the remains of about 1,500 martyrs who died in battle will be sent back to their hometowns for burial as soon as possible.

The orphans and martyrs will be buried on the hill behind the 'Tiger's Den City' Military Academy, and their tablets will be enshrined in the Martyrs' Shrine.

After a dozen small victories, the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but patrolled the ten-mile range of the defense line to provide protection for the guards and infantry who strengthened the defense line.

When the Liaonan Front Army and the Yalu River Front Army completed their tasks and rushed to the main battlefield, the defense line stretched for 120 miles.

Unable to give full play to the Qing army's superiority in cavalry warfare, the General Zan's painting department adopted the tactic of digging trenches and advancing slowly, and the fortified areas of the "Red Banner Army" continued to encroach on Shenyang, compressing the scope of activities of the Qing army.

The Qing army was unwilling and launched cavalry attacks many times, but the Furlong machine gunners and Minnie gunners who hid behind the trenches and barbed wire were not good men and women, and the Qing army could not get half a penny.

The Qing army, which had lost its temper after being beaten, learned from the pain and could not crack the tactics of relying on fortifications and guns to fight defensive counterattacks, and finally Chongde had to give up the battle for the outer positions.

He also equipped the fortification group, and also tried to rely on the cover of artillery fire to fight a defensive counterattack, quite curious, how is Huang Han going to crack it?

Next, the Qing army accepted its fate, equipped it with the other way, and patiently waited for the Shengjing offensive and defensive battle to start and recover the decline.

In mid-to-late September, the two armies were in a state of confrontation, the Qing army did not dare to leave the fortifications group to launch a large-scale attack, and the "Red Banner Army" was not in a hurry to attack Shenyang, but strengthened the defensive line, increased lookout posts, and built artillery positions.

Huang Hancheng is a bamboo in his chest, he is not afraid of dry consumption, he even has the patience to spend a year of the Qing army, it is estimated that this is the case, next spring the Manchu Qing will kill horses and eat.

Two months have passed, and seeing that the Ming army's battalion is already 15 miles away from Shengjing City, showing a situation of encirclement from the west, south, and east, the artillery fire can already directly penetrate the forward position of the Qing army.

Cracks have begun to appear on the part of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, without him, shouts in Mongolian and Manchu will come every day, and many Qing troops have been shaken in their hearts, especially those Haixi Jurchens and Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain.

Chongde's defense center of gravity in Shengjing, in order to eliminate the possibility of the fortress from the inside, the vast majority of the city is trustworthy Jianzhou Jurchen, and the north that has not been besieged is the eldest son Haoge led the elite garrison of the two yellow banners.

The shouts of the "Red Banner Army" were targeted, and they constantly reminded the Qing army in the form of inquiries, are they full of food? Is there a wood fire for heating? Can you afford it? How long will the food last? What are you going to eat next summer?

No one is a fool, it is an indisputable fact that more than half of the grain was seized by the Ming army, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was originally short of food, of course made matters worse, and it really took a year, and half of the seven or eight hundred thousand soldiers and civilians would starve to death.

The shouting and persuasion to surrender were effective, and groups of Tartars and Haixi Jurchens began to appear to get rid of Ge Bush Xianchao Ha and monitor and surrender to the "Red Banner Army".

Unable to go on like this, a group of generals led by Dolgon and Abatai lost confidence in the periphery of Shengjing, and they suggested taking advantage of the "Red Banner Army" to encircle Sanyi and abandon Shengjing and flee north.

Ran Chongzhen refused to admit defeat, he encouraged everyone to give it a go, because there were still 150,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in Shengjing who could fight in one battle, and 250,000 men and horses including the Han army, the Goryeo servant army, and the fathers and sons who served temporarily.

Chongde believed that Huang Han would not adopt the tactics of a long-term siege, and would launch an offensive and defensive battle in the city within a few days, when the thousands of large and small artillery pieces deployed in Shengjing would play a role, and the casualty ratio of the two armies would be reversed.

Because the relationship between the "Red Flag Army" and the Ming court was not good, and because the movements of the Liukou in Shaanxi and Henan became more and more troublesome.

As long as the Qing army withstood the first wave of attacks and killed and wounded a large number of "Red Banner Army", Huang Han was very likely to retreat in the face of difficulties.

The master has a point, and he has been supported by Azig, Zilharang, Dudu and other princes, besides, how can there be a reason to take the initiative to abandon the strong city and thousands of hard-won artillery to escape after two years of preparation and no major battle?

Dolgon and his ilk did not dare to shake the morale of the army again, and they also believed that only by fighting a general battle could they truly discover the strength of the "Red Banner Army", and that it was not certain that with the help of powerful artillery fire, it was unknown whether they would be able to win a big battle under Shengjing.

It's a pity, it's a pity, Huang Han was not prepared to let his subordinates brave the artillery fire at all, he was waiting for the cold to freeze, and he was also waiting for the good wind to come, and he deliberately gave time for the Manchu soldiers and civilians to gather in Shengjing.

Zhuge Liang's burning of the vine armor soldiers almost wiped out a group, thinking that it would damage Yangshou, and the fire that Huang Han brewed in Shengjing should be even more damaging than the fire that Zhuge Liang put out, and I am afraid that it is also a little immoral.

But to be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to one's own people! To be able to kill one less intellectual youth of the "Red Banner Army", Huang Han did not hesitate to kill a hundred more barbaric and cruel Tunguska miscellaneous.

Those who commit my strong man are innocent! In order for the Han nation to never keep a pig's tail and call itself a slave, Huang Han is not afraid of longevity!

The encirclement on all sides has been completed, and the appearance of a decisive battle has been fully done.

The Manchu civil and military generals, including their master Chongde, would never have imagined that the attack of the "Red Banner Army" would come from the sky, and the heavy artillery they tried their best to forge might not even get a chance to fight.