Chapter 765: Double Scourge
Zilharang and Azig arrived in the steppes as early as mid-April.
They did not rush to the road, but sought out the Mongol tribes and ordered them to send troops to participate in the raiding of the Ming Kingdom, and emphasized that this time no matter how much the Mongols captured, it would be owned by the Mongols themselves.
Forced by the prostitution of Jiannu, the Tartar tribes encountered along the way did not dare to refuse to send troops, this family dozens, that hundreds, and large tribes sent thousands.
Zilharang and Azig walked in circles on the steppe for more than three months, and finally brought the number of Mongols who fought together to more than 40,000, including 1,500 men and horses of Ordos and Erzigchen.
He did not personally lead the troops to follow Jiannu into the customs, and appointed his younger brother Du Zhe to command the troops.
At this time, the Ordos Department did not expect that they had been worried about Hanzi, the first fierce general of the "Red Banner Army", not only did they not have a sense of prevention, but they also sent the elite of 1,500 clans to Yansui Town to do things.
Huang Han learned that the situation had changed, and decided to follow the original plan without any interference, and sent messengers to Shanxi to convey orders, asking Hanzi, Yang Danian and other generals to carry out the autumn offensive to eliminate and drive out the Ordos Mongols on schedule while strengthening the guards.
He stressed that even if Shaanxi overturned, the "Red Banner Army" would not have to send a single soldier to support it to prevent it from being intercepted by the rogues, nor would it have to transport grain thousands of miles to Shaanxi, and it would be able to take in a large number of displaced people who had fled from Shaanxi.
At this time, Huang Han was glad that he had the opportunity to evacuate the "Red Flag Army" industry and a large number of staff from Shaanxi, otherwise he would be harmed by the double scourge of rogues and Jiannu this time.
It is really difficult to say whether Xi'an City can be defended, because Xi'an City in history was seized by Li Zicheng and established the short-lived "Dashun" Dynasty.
Obviously, Jiannu chose this time period to go to Shaanxi to do things, the purpose was to unite the Liukou.
In history, Jiannu did not unite with the Liukou, but skillfully used the Liukou, and sent troops to enter the pass many times when the Liukou were facing extinction, which made the Ming Dynasty take care of one and the other, resulting in the resurgence of the Liukou.
Now Jiannu is fighting and killing Shaanxi, which has little oil and water, and its purpose is obvious.
The key is that the rogues are willing to unite with Jiannu?
Huang Han believed that the leaders of the Liukou had no sense of national identity and did not have Huayi Dafang in their hearts, and they accepted the help of Jiannu and accepted the official position given by Jiannu.
Another important point is that Chongzhen's Liukou twelve years ago did not form a climate and still belonged to a plate of loose sand, not the period of Li Chuang's thief in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen.
At that time, the thieves had a political program, killed Cao Cao, Luo Rucai, Ge Li Yanhe Yilong, annexed these two gangsters, and captured Luoyang, took Kaifeng, and took Xi'an, these three cities are the imperial capitals in history.
Li Chuang, who was inflated with self-esteem, had an ideal, thinking that he, a scumbag with an obscene appearance, blind one eye, and unable to give birth to children, would become the founding emperor.
Obviously, Jiannu and Tartar must have released goodwill to deliberately win over the rogues, and the rogues who did bad things were beaten by Hong Chengchou's troops with the advantage of troops to hide in Tibet, and at this time, they will definitely seize the life-saving straw.
Hong Chengchou's life is hard! The Battle of Songshan could not have a chance to fight because Huang Han was born, but he may face being flanked by the main force of the Liukou and the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces, and it is really hard to say whether he will be captured alive by Jiannu as a traitor.
Pyongyang's defense line will soon be breached, and at least 20 million acres of arable land will be in hand, and a large number of immigrants will be necessary.
Huang Hanke, regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty was worse off, issued an order to evacuate the "Red Banner Army" industries and staff in Luoyang, Kaifeng, and other cities within 200 miles south of the Yellow River, leaving only a small number of flag guards to operate secretly, and ordered the stronghold of the Henan Military Intelligence Department to move from Kaifeng to Xiangyang.
Not long after the "Red Flag Army" withdrew from Shaanxi, not only did the rogues become more and more ferocious, but the Jiannu and Tartars also came in.
At this time, he played a big retreat in Henan, which is estimated to frighten nine percent of the local eunuchs, and it is estimated that the number of ordinary people in the city who take the initiative to retreat with the "Red Flag Army" will reach about thirty percent.
The cost of retreating from Henan was much less than that of Shaanxi, because after arriving in Xiangyang, you were able to take the waterway and get food supplements.
The autumn harvest is in sight, and due to the increased investment in water conservancy facilities, there have been no major disasters this year, and it is expected that the harvest in Xiangyang and Nanyang will have at least 20 percent surplus after being able to ensure the needs of the people and garrisons.
With self-produced grain, thousands of miles of grain transportation are eliminated, the efficiency is greatly improved, and the cost is drastically reduced.
Huang Han is beyond the reach of the whip, and now he doesn't care about anything else, and it is the most important thing to break Pyongyang and capture Kong Youde alive.
Shengjing, the Red Gangster had repeatedly vetoed Duoduo's request to change the guard, and gave him 3,000 additional troops, and it was known that the "Red Banner Army" was coming to attack the Pyongyang defense line, but there was no movement from April until the end of July.
Seeing that Zilharang and Azig, who were on an expedition to Yansui Town, were about to make a move, Chongde's spirit relaxed a lot.
On 8 August, a messenger sent by Zilharang brought the good news that nearly 60,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry had entered the border wall of Yansui Town, and on the same day, they had taken three fortresses and one county town, and the next day they had captured three more cities, and had obtained a large number of captures.
The Red Gangsters had just been happy for a long time when the bad news from Pyongyang ruined their good mood, and when they discovered that the "Red Banner Army" was launching an offensive, Prince Yu had already withdrawn from the defensive line and set up camp for 30 miles on August 2.
Now Kong Youde is guarding the city of Pyongyang, and he asks his master to order Prince Yu to launch 13,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry to attack the rear of the "Red Banner Army" when the "Red Banner Army" attacks the city.
He asked his master to send cavalry across the frozen Yalu River to rescue the defenders of Pyongyang until November.
Kong Youde's words were earnest, and he did not immediately ask for reinforcements.
Instead, it is equivalent to saying that he will first show his attitude to resist the attack of the "Red Banner Army" for three months, and then ask the master to send cavalry to relieve the siege.
He knew whether the Red Gang was a waste of fame, and he was also a monarch who grew on a war horse, and of course he knew the advantages of the Manchurian cavalry, and knew what climatic conditions they were most suitable for fighting.
The red gang is really shrewd, and when he saw Kong Youde report on Duoduo's deployment in Pyongyang, he immediately realized that the fifteenth brother refused to fight to the death, and wanted to leave when the situation was not good.
finally sent Duoduo to North Korea to fight with the "Red Banner Army", how could he easily run back?
The Red Gang sent his henchman Baya Laga Lazhang Jingniu Hulu Chaohar to lead 30 Ge Bush Xianchaoha to the Duoduo army to convey the holy decree.
Many Duo led the retreat, and had to cruise around the outer lines of Pyongyang to find fighters to attack the besieging "Red Banner Army" to assist King Gongshun in holding the city of Pyongyang.
After ordering Chaohar to convey the holy decree, he did not return to Shengjing for the time being, but fought with the white flag.
The purpose is self-evident, if Duoduo escapes without permission, Chaohar will read out a secret decree to capture Prince Yu and take over the command of 13,000 Manchurian cavalry.