More than 100,000 Manchu troops encountered 10,000 British and French troops on their home turf, and they were beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, and even the capital was lost.

A typical example of this is the ruthless crushing of an agrarian country by an industrial country.

It is an iron law to deeply understand that the armed forces whose equipment and weapons cannot keep up with the development of the times, whether they have the courage to fight or not, or whether they are strong in spirit or not, will encounter devastating blows.

When the "Red Flag Army" armed to the teeth swept through the Central Plains, Gao Yingxiang was destined to be vulnerable.

Huang Han did not waver in the slightest, first completed the Pingliao plan step by step, Gao Yingxiang developed well, he didn't need to have a headache, and Emperor Chongzhen should be even more restless.

If there is no rogue, Chongzhen will make the Ming Dynasty worse, and when it comes to forcing Chongzhen to abdicate and make way for Xian, the resistance will definitely be much greater.

After leaving Caozhou, the "Red Banner Army" slowed down its march to no more than 150 li a day, and the cavalry easily exterminated sporadic bandits according to the intelligence collected by the banner guards.

Every night when he camped, Huang Han always had to meet with many magistrates, and these frightened Ming officials without exception thanked the "King of Hanjiang County" for sending troops to help, and they all took the initiative to send food, pig breeding, and wine.

There are many civil and military generals who clearly reveal their intention to look forward to the "King of Hanjiang County" from now on.

If we want to plot big things, of course, we should not become enemies of the entire bureaucracy as much as possible, and the only way to divide and disintegrate is to use it for our own purposes.

Huang Han's performance was outstanding, and he also appeared magnanimous, winning a lot of support, so that too many civilian and military generals along the way put their hanging hearts in their stomachs.

At this time, there were waves in the court.

After Zhu Dadian surrendered the prisoner, he presented the emperor, because he was worried that the "Red Banner Army" would fight too hard, which led to the murderous rogues who killed the king of the Ming Dynasty and the king of the county to vent their anger.

The "King of Hanjiang County" suggested that the imperial court send someone to negotiate with Gao Yingxiang, and exchange the captured Luo Rucai of the bandit Cao Cao and Liu Guoneng for the captured clan prince.

One stone set off a thousand waves, and the court had different opinions.

Opponents took Yingzong Zhu Qizhen to talk about things, and when the Tumubao incident occurred, the orthodox emperor was captured by Wara, and the Jingshi was surrounded by enemies, and the Ming Dynasty did not compromise and refused to negotiate, how can he negotiate with the Liukou now?

Supporters believe that there are rules to follow for the exchange of prisoners, and they exchange the useless Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng for the Ming Dynasty Qin King, Rui Wang, and Xiang Wang Shan!

Chongzhen, who originally lacked political wisdom, was one head and two big, and of course he was willing to treat his family and royal relatives well in his heart, and finally made the final decision, approved the "King of Hanjiang County", and sent Zhu Dadian to preside over the matter.

Zuo Liangyu is very bad, but it doesn't mean that he is incapable, on the contrary, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, not to talk about character, he may be the most dazzling general, and he is no less popular than Wu Sangui.

He had a keen sense of smell, and when he heard the news that the "Red Flag Army" had killed 60,000 or 70,000 horses of Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, and others in Caozhou, he immediately shrank his forces and retreated to Xuchang.

He has been operating in Xuchang for many years, although he has been harmed by Ma Shixiu and Du Yingjin, but he has not been shoveled out, and the foundation is still there.

Xuchang City is not small, all the packages are relatively solid, and Luoyang, Kaifeng two big cities just form a triangle, it is indeed a good place to garrison soldiers, much better than the remote and cold Lintao Mansion.

When Azig, Zilharang, and Fan Wencheng learned that the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" outside the Guanwai had crossed the Yellow River south, and that Huang Han had personally led the troops, they were excited and frightened.

They were excited because they had successfully completed the task assigned by their master, and they were worried that they would not be able to get away if they were targeted by Huang Han.

After the Qing army retreated to Xuchang, they did not enter the city at all, but continued to retreat, they had a clear purpose, go home!

Successfully curbed the spread of the Liukou to Zhongdu and Nanzhili, annihilated tens of thousands of Liukou, captured many big leaders alive, and the "King of Hanjiang County" made great contributions.

At the end of the year, many civil and military generals went to the imperial court to give Huang Han an official knighthood, and the call for the emperor to give the title of "King of Han" was noisy.

After Zhu Dadian got the emperor's approval, he returned to Caozhou to arrange the prisoner exchange, and Huang Han didn't care about such a trivial matter.

Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng will be released after being captured, and their prestige among the exiles will be gone, even if they can still coerce the exiles and thieves, I am afraid that there are only two possibilities when they encounter the "Red Flag Army".

Fleeing from the wind should be the first choice, and raising your hand to surrender again when you find that the situation is not good is definitely the second choice.

Can it be exchanged for the King of the Ming Dynasty? Swap back for whom? How many people?

Huang Han is even more distracted, these princes are just moths of the Ming Dynasty, life and death have nothing to do with Huang Han, the reason why he put on a face to save each other is still a thousand gold bones.

But Zhu Dadian was extremely serious, he selected three eloquent ones from the captives, detained their family members, and sent them to find Gao Yingxiang to deliver the letter he wrote.

The content, of course, is to clarify that Luo Rucai and Liu Guoneng will be exchanged for the king of the Ming Dynasty, make an appointment with the time and place, and promise that he can personally go to the Liukou occupied area to interview Gao Yingxiang.

Seeing that the New Year is coming, it will be the first month of next year when he receives Gao Yingxiang's reply, and Zhu Dadian is looking forward to it in excitement and apprehension.

The reason why he decided to negotiate with Gao Yingxiang in person was to let the world see that he Zhu Dadian was full of courage.

It is conceivable that if he had accomplished this great thing, he would have become famous in Shilin, and the storyteller would have spread this good story widely.

He is also mentally prepared to become a benevolent if he does not succeed, and the possibility of detaining or killing him in the name of tricking him into negotiation also exists.

Huang Han did not have any major military operations at the end of the year, and the Liukou took a defensive position to guard against a surprise attack by the "Red Banner Army", and he relaxed within a few days.

Because the sentry horses and hidden piles sent back to the detectives, the main force of the "Red Banner Army" was already far away in Anqing Mansion on the Yangtze River, and it really had no intention of starting a war in Henan.

The "Red Banner Army" did not take the initiative to attack, and Gao Yingxiang did not dare to march east to attack the city, and the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding and maintained the status quo for the time being.

Huang Han has already learned the news of the retreat of the Qing army, but he can't reach the whip, so he can't take advantage of the time and place.

The hardy 60,000 or so Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry all achieved one man and two horses, and in the middle of winter, the rivers in the north were frozen into thoroughfares, which could not add points to the enemy.

The ground is frozen three feet, and the workload of temporarily digging trenches to block the enemy is too large, and it is simply unrealistic.

Moreover, the number of cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" was less than half of that of the Qing army, and when the pursuit battle began, they did not dare to march separately, because there was a possibility that the Qing army would turn around and counter-encircle and eat one.

There is another important reason, this is the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and the cavalry of the Qing army was chased everywhere to cause greater damage and killing, and Huang Han did not want to see it.

Judging the situation, Huang Han simply gave up calculating the Biao Qing army, anyway, the Pingliao War will be launched next autumn, when the war will burn on the enemy's side, and a large number of casualties among the soldiers and civilians in the interior will be avoided.