Chapter 802: Winter Raid

At this time, there is a God-given opportunity, that is, of course, because of the looting of Sichuan, Gao Yingxiang, who used to always worry about hunger, was able to let his subordinates eat at least half a year.

Gao Yingxiang believes that even if it takes less than half a year, as long as he can train intensively for three months, it is very likely that the overall strength of his command will double.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was still in Xi'an City, he really didn't expect that the Liukou would join forces with Jiannu, and he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Liukou without reacting in time.

In fact, under the supervision of more than 60,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry, more than eighty percent of the infantry of the Ming army could not escape from the city at all, and Hong Chengchou was trapped in the city and had nothing to do.

The city of Xi'an is strong, and there are enough men and horses to defend the city, but there are more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians here, and it is not enough to hold out for three months with a full load of food.

As long as the siege is prolonged, even if the cattle are killed early for rationing, there will be riots in the city after at most four months due to the lack of food.

Hong Chengchou immediately decided to send men and horses to break through the encirclement and move rescue troops, to inform the imperial court of the new situation of Jiannu and Liukou joining forces in a timely manner, and asked the emperor to send the elite of the Beijing camp and even the "Red Flag Army" to rescue Xi'an.

Otherwise, four months later, at most, not only will he Hong Chengchou die, but also Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui, as well as many county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals, etc., will die under the sword of Jiannu and Liukou.

Hong Chengchou is not authentic, he thinks that Xi'an City has thick walls and many county kings and two vassal kings, and must be guarded to ensure safety, so he brought Cao Wenzhao, Yang Guozhu, Wang Tingchen, and Hu Dawei, four trustworthy chief military officers, to garrison.

Xianyang as a horn can contain the enemy army attacking Xi'an City, Shaanxi Bingbei Dao Wang Chengyun, the eunuch Du Xun and Du Zhizhi led He Renlong, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, Gao Jie, Bai Guangen and other generals to hold on.

At this time, the Ming army still had some strength, Xianyang had more than 30,000 men, and Xi'an City was not less than 60,000.

Gao Yingxiang fought for ten years, and now he is a monkey spirit, he gave up the siege of Xianyang City, and concentrated his men and horses to besiege Xi'an City.

Because he knew that it was a big crime to lose the feudal domain, and there were not only King Qin but also King Rui in Xi'an City, and the Xianyang garrison should not dare to sit idly by and watch Xi'an be besieged, and it was natural to send troops to rescue.

He was also very cunning in this arrangement, the purpose was to let the Qing army focus on the Xianyang defenders, because it could be confirmed that the Xianyang defenders would attack in the direction of Xi'an.

The purpose of Zilharang and Azig entering the customs this time was clear, and they must force the Ming Emperor to mobilize the "Red Banner Army" in Shaanxi.

It is known that there are two vassal kings and many county kings in Xi'an City, and attacking this is the place where the Ming army must be saved, and the Qing army suffers from a small number of men and horses and has no ability to attack fortifications, so it has been in a confrontation with Hong Chengchou's men and horses.

Now, the Qing army does not need to attack the fortifications, but only needs to give full play to the advantages of rushing and field warfare and cooperate with the Ming Liukou, and they will have a chance to capture Xi'an City.

All the Manchu and Mongolian generals didn't mind sending reinforcements, and besides, reinforcements were really the strength of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, and they were tried and tested.

Due to the successful union of the Ming Liukou, the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry had hundreds of thousands of men and horses who could be cannon fodder, and Fan Wencheng, the initiator, succeeded in his strategy.

This traitor's status among the Manchu and Mongolian generals such as Zilharang and Azig is increasing day by day.

Zilharang has already sent a team of messengers to rush out of the customs and return to Shengjing to report this earth-shattering good news to Chongde, and it is estimated that it will be the first month of next year to receive Chongde's holy decree again.

This autumn, the atmosphere in Liaodong was unprecedentedly tense, and without him, people's hearts were fluctuating.

Not only is there a massive reduction in grain production, and too many people are expected to starve to death next spring, but also because half of North Korea has lost its ties and half of North Korea has lost contact.

Chaohar, who carried the holy decree of Chongde, went to Pyongyang so far and has not heard from him.

The exhausted Red Gang not only has to worry about the war, but also has to deal with Dorgon's doubts.

As the Manchu Qing Dynasty had begun to decline, Chongde's prestige deteriorated, and when he could not turn the tide, he also tore his face and did not engage in the principle of fairness, deliberately expanding the strength of his eldest son Haoge.

In order to replenish the troops, the operation to capture the birth of the girl to the north has been going on, and more than half of the young and middle-aged people obtained have been supplemented with the yellow flag directly led by Haoge, so that Haoge has expanded by fifteen cattle this year.

If it's hard to live, you have to suffer every day! The Red Gang was able to estimate that there would be no good news from the North Korean side, and could only hope that Azig and Zilharang could bring surprises.

has been calculating Dodor and Dorgon, and now he can confirm that Dodor may not escape this time, but the red villain does not have a trace of joy, but has more sadness about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

Sensing that the so-called Great Qing Kingdom was beginning to decline, many foreign Mongolian vassals had already separated from Germany, and many chieftains left Liaodong for one reason or another and migrated north with their clansmen.

Without the grain handed over by North Korea, Liaodong faced a food crisis, and some Mongolians chose to leave, and the Red Gangsters could only let it go.

It is Huang Han's established strategy that you fight yours and I fight mine, and it is the basic principle not to let the enemy lead the way.

When Jiannu, Tatar and Liukou started fighting under the city of Xi'an, the Shanxi Front of the "Red Banner Army" had already opened up in the Ordos steppe.

Han Zi, Yang Danian, Fang Liandong and other commanders of the Shanxi Front continued to be busy with the autumn grain after the autumn harvest, and when they were preparing to launch the autumn offensive, a new situation arose, and they had no choice but to postpone the plan.

That's because the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry entered Shaanxi, which led to a wave of displaced people in Shanxi, and the general of the conquest ordered that not a single Han person should starve to death.

Helping and protecting them through Shanxi to Shanhaiguan or "Tiger's Den City" and taking a boat to "Hanjiang Province" for resettlement was a task that the Shanxi Front Army had to complete.

It took two months to safely send hundreds of thousands of Qin displaced people out of Shanxi to the seaside, and the planned autumn offensive turned into a winter raid.

At the end of October, 40,000 troops of the Shanxi Front went out of the border to kill the winter camp of the Ordos Mongols, who had already reconnoitred many times.

20,000 cavalry rushed to attack, and the lightning was too fast to cover the ears.

Originally, he was not a brilliant hero, although he had a few thousand people, but the total number of well-equipped elites would not exceed three thousand.

At this time, he had already sent his younger brother Du Zhezhi to lead 1,500 elites to follow Jiannu into the border wall of Yansui Town, and now he couldn't withstand the thunderous blow.

The Tartars who slaughtered all sides in the Guannai did not expect that they would be homeless, not only losing their homes, but also most of their relatives.

This winter camp in Tartar is not only the direct tribe of Ephochen, but also many large tribes and medium tribes, with 70,000 or 80,000 people spread out for more than ten miles.

I don't know how many years I haven't seen the cavalry of the Ming army in the Hetao area, after the death of Lin Dan Khan, Ep Phochen recognized the master of Jiannu, and now half of the elite are still working for the master.

Therefore, the camp is just a loose settlement.