Chapter 651: An Opportunity
Jiannu is still fighting near the base area, and of course the "winged tiger" department will not sit idly by.
Zhao Shisan, Jin Minghu and others did not be negative after receiving the information provided by the flag guards and secret sentinels, and they selected 4,000 men and horses to cross Lu'an Mansion and ambush the Qing soldiers in the mountains under the careful planning of the flag guards, which had grown to more than 100 people.
After four years of development, the "winged tiger" department now has a population of more than 40,000, including 10,000 young and middle-aged minions, and tens of thousands of acres of mountainous land in the mountains are planted with maize, potatoes and other crops.
Because they were often able to receive food relief from the "Zhongyi Fort", so that they did not need to raid the mountain people who had more difficulty in order to fill their stomachs, the name of "Walking for the Sky" became more and more famous.
The selected 4,000 men and horses all have a certain combat effectiveness, which is not as good as the regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army", but they are stronger than the ordinary battalion soldiers of the Ming Army in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting desire, and their equipment is also better than theirs.
At this time, the Ming army was ordered to strictly defend to the death, and all the prefectures and counties were strengthening the city defense to prepare for rolling wood and stones, and there were no Ming troops and officials in the mountains and villages, and most of the rich people also entered the city to avoid the war.
The winged tiger unit under the banner of Tianxingdao set up an ambush at the southeast foot of Taiyue Mountain, where the mountains are undulating, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the terrain is complex, and tens of thousands of horses lurking are rarely found.
Because they did what they could, and they chose to go out to rob a small group of Qing soldiers, they were beaten several times more often than the Qing soldiers every time.
It succeeded several times, won a small victory, captured more than 200 Tartars, dozens of slaves, captured 300 war horses and horses, and became famous among the rogues for a while.
In order to increase his prestige, Gao Yingxiang, the leader of the alliance, sent his henchmen to contact Jin Minghu, giving him a position second only to Li Zicheng, a general, to attract the "winged tigers" to join the gang.
The arrangement of the flag guard is to attack and kill the big leader of the rogue as much as possible, how can Gao Yingxiang, a big fish, be baitted, Jin Minghu expressed his willingness to become the three masters under Gao Yingxiang, and find an opportunity to join forces and seek common development.
Although the number of casualties far exceeded that of the ambushed Qing soldiers, the team was trained, and many minions and small leaders who dared to fight stood out and became the development targets of the flag guard.
Zhao Shisan, Jin Minghu and others all knew that they could go deeper into the core layer of the Liukou, and they should not be far from completing the task if they came into contact with Gao Yingxiang, the number one leader of the Liukou.
They are looking forward to capturing the bones of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and other thieves, taking off the coats of bandits and rogues, putting on the gorgeous and dazzling military uniforms of the "Red Banner Army", and living in the sun from now on.
The Qing army's large-scale entry into the army was an opportunity for Huang Han, who already had the strength to fight a decisive battle with him.
The "Red Banner Army" is not good at cavalry, but strong in firepower, and is not afraid of fighting with Jiannu, but is worried that Jiannu will avoid the battle and take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and leave.
How to make Jiannu have a general battle with the "Red Banner Army" in the Guannai? Resulting in being able to inflict a lot of damage on Jiannu?
It is the only way to attack and save, and it is very important to detect the temporary base camp of Jiannu in the pass!
The results of the last Jiannu's hard work and robbery were blackened by Huang Hanhei, and it was impossible for the slave chief not to be on guard this time.
It is imperative for Jiannu to concentrate materials and coerce the population and large cattle to send heavy troops to protect them.
The flag guards were in action, and the Quartet Express dart divisions in Shanxi and Henan also used all their related households to reconnoiter the base camp and material concentration of the Qing soldiers.
Red Gang is really good at learning, he often reviews his own gains and losses, and often talks with his only adult son Hauge and a few henchmen about the lessons learned from several military uses.
Huang Han was accustomed to sneak attacks, and how to guard against it was the focus of the study of the military aristocracy of Jiannu, and finally concluded that as long as he had 10,000 or 20,000 horses to escort him, it was impossible for Huang Han to choose such a target.
This time, the red gangsters were more cautious, he was divided into four ways to attack, each way reached 40,000 people, and he also chose Shuozhou Jiancheng as the base camp and population, livestock, and material concentration.
In order to be able to bring back the results of the robbery back to the Qing Dynasty, the Red Gangster took precautions this time.
In order not to be chased out of the pass by the daring Huang Han and led by the cavalry to attack and kill, the slave chief would no longer arrange a small number of men and horses to drive the Han people to drive the ox cart and push the wheelbarrow on the road one after another.
He was prepared to take unified action and retreat together, which was not very efficient, but it was confirmed that it would not create an opportunity for the surprise attack of the "Red Banner Army".
It's just that looking at the problem should keep pace with the times, Huang Han is actually not unable to raid the material hoarding place with the assistance of 10,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, or rush to the transport team escorting materials to the outside of the pass, but with the strength of three years ago, he did not allow a war of attrition.
It was also worried that launching the Hundred Regiment War as during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression would prematurely expose the strength of the Eighth Route Army and make the situation even more difficult in the next few years.
The original Ming tripartite game was somewhat similar to the War of Resistance Against Japan, and now there is an extra "Red Flag Army".
And the rogues are really unbearable, they have always been robbers, they will only destroy everything, there is no political program, they can't get rid of the banditry, they can't become a climate, and even if they take the country, they can't sit still.
Today's "Red Banner Army" has received the righteousness of the imperial court, and can get 3.6 million taels of silver and 1.2 million stone grain and horse feed every year, which greatly reduces the burden on Huang Han.
The "Red Banner Army" is no longer afraid of revealing its strength, but it is only worried that it will not be able to catch up with the Qing soldiers to complete the tactics of gathering and destroying, and it does not care at all how many soldiers and horses Jiannu has.
In the battle in the Guannai, theoretically, as long as there are four battalions of the "Red Banner Army", no matter whether they encounter the main force of the Qing army or not, they can fight and win.
This is not self-talking, the four battalions have 16,000 men and horses, and there are at least eight or nine thousand auxiliary soldiers, and it is not known how many of the common people who have been taken in along the way will work hard for the "Red Banner Army."
The 25,000 men and horses found that the Qing cavalry did not have an advantage in numbers, and could rely on the superiority in firepower to attack and advance.
The standard configuration of the "Red Banner Army" was that each battalion had four hundred artillery pieces, at least 40 one-pound Furlong cannons, and three 12-pound, six-pounder, and three-pounder Hongyi cannons.
Now all the musketeers in the battalion use self-generated guns, and the proportion of Minnie guns is as high as 30%, and the combat effectiveness of the four battalions is close to the Anglo-French army in the Battle of Bali Bridge, with three times the number of people, and the defensive power is far more than that of the Anglo-French army that was no longer equipped with armor at that time.
You must know that the 8,000 British and French troops defeated the Manchu and Mongolian coalition troops led by Seng Lingqin, Shengbao, and Ruilin at Bali Bridge with 50,000 or 60,000, while the French army only lost three people and wounded 17 people, and the British army lost 2 dead and 29 wounded.
This is the contest between the modern firearms army and the cold weapons army, and the ridiculous battle that took place at the Bali Bridge was destined to nail the evil and degenerate Manchu Qing to the pillar of shame forever.