Chapter 918: Burning the City
The large-scale retreat of the rogues can be small? It was soon detected by the Ming army scouts.
Zhou Yuji personally participated in the tongue catching and interrogation in order to find out the truth, and after confirming the accuracy of the news, he rushed to the Chinese army to report to Liu Zhilun, hoping to pursue the victory.
The Ming army won a complete victory, the casualty rate was not high, and the "Red Banner Army" medical soldiers participated in the treatment of the wounded, and the casualty rate was even lower, and Liu Zhilun, who only lost more than 3,000 troops, was full of confidence.
He analyzed the combat effectiveness of the rogues and believed that joining forces with the "Red Flag Army" stationed on the front line of the "Zhongyi Fort" would at least not have to worry about being surrounded and annihilated by the rogues even if they could not ensure a complete victory over the rogues.
He warmly invited Huang Sifang to pursue Gao Yingxiang together, but unfortunately he was refused.
The fighting effectiveness of the rogues is weak, the vast majority of them are rabble, and the proportion of those who surrender voluntarily in the fight with the "Red Flag Army" can reach half, and if they really unite with Liu Zhilun's troops to pursue the victory, they will definitely be able to intercept many people who are coerced.
However, at this time, it was too early to weaken the Liukou's vital force, and Huang Sifang knew that he had achieved the goal of making the Liukou retreat, and of course he refused to chase after him.
The reason used by Huang Sifang to refuse was very simple: the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" had been transferred to the battlefield in Liaodong and could not form a rush, and the infantry had to be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who needed to provide protection, and could not leave the "Zhongyi Fort" too far.
A wooden walled wall was built between the "Zhongyi Fort" and Houjiazhuang, where hundreds of thousands of people came to take refuge, and basically no one felt worried, because they trusted the "Han King" very much.
As long as the "Red Banner Army" can be seen, the common people will observe discipline, and if the "Red Banner Army" is pulled out, hundreds of thousands of people who have no sense of security will become chaotic, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
After listening to Huang Sifang's explanation, Liu Zhilun thought about it, and finally gave up chasing and fighting, but led his men and horses to follow from afar, taking advantage of the retreat of the rogues to regain the lost territory.
Zhou Yuji, Chen Gao and others led the cavalry to slip the head battle, often swallowing the dozens of cavalry sent by Gao Yingxiang to lure the enemy, and then stopped and did not pursue, causing the cavalry of the old battalion to concentrate on the high king of Gao Chuang, who was ready to return the tooth for a tooth, and deployed ambushes several times in vain.
Although the ambush plan failed, Gao Yingxiang, who had learned to fight in the war, already had instinct, and he judged that the cavalry that followed was definitely not the "Red Banner Army" by asking the subordinates who had successfully escaped back.
In order to regain morale, Gao Yingxiang organized a large-scale counterattack, and he personally led the old battalion horse team to turn back and pounce on the Ming cavalry, which was like maggots on tarsal bones.
Unexpectedly, the Liukou horse team suddenly turned around, and many of the Ming cavalry who followed did not have time to run away, and were swallowed by Gao Yingxiang with hundreds of people.
Gao Yingxiang chased and killed one or two hundred miles, and when he saw it, he would collect it, although the results were limited, but Zhou Yuji, who had suffered a loss, did not dare to follow too closely in order to avoid losses.
Li Yan took the opportunity to carry out propaganda, advocating that King Gao Chuang personally led the elite of the old battalion to defeat the Ming army for 200 miles and capture more than 3,000 yuan.
Under the deception of the unscrupulous literati Li Yan, many minions regained their confidence and the phenomenon of fleeing was contained.
On November 15, Liu Zhilun's good news arrived at the Beijing Division.
The men and horses of the Beijing camp fought a bloody battle with the vanguard of the Liukou in Zhangde Mansion, defeating 100,000 people in one fell swoop, beheading more than 7,000, capturing nearly 30,000, and capturing alive more than 100 leaders under the big leader Liu Zongminmin.
Liu Zhilun is no longer a simple angry youth, but an old fritter in officialdom who has been in a high position for more than ten years.
He accepted Huang Sifang's suggestion and never mentioned joining forces with the "Red Banner Army" in the good news, but the military supplies, silver rewards, grain and grass that should be asked for should not be missing.
You can demand nobility on yourself, but imposing nobility on others for moral kidnapping is a taboo for leadership.
The soldiers under his command fought with their heads in their hands, not for the selfless dedication of the Ming cause, but to support their families, and to be promoted and prosperous.
Besides, the "Red Flag Army" was polite, and he gave up his beheading skills in order to eat, drink, and behead, but he couldn't accept it calmly, and he wanted more money and food, so he could pay back some favors.
Chongzhen already had the psychological preparation to start a defense battle in Beijing, but who knew that Liu Zhilun set up an ambush on the way to retreat and ate the advancing rogues, which blocked the attack of the rogues and forced them to retreat.
The emperor was thrilled by this unexpected joy, and he was not at all stingy at this time, and immediately arranged for the cabinet to come up with a reward charter, and ordered the household department to send the food and silver as quickly as possible.
The people of the Beijing camp who were trained according to the model of the "Red Banner Army" made many meritorious achievements under the leadership of Liu Zhilun and Fang Zhenghua, and Chongzhen pinned all his hopes on this unit.
He thought about it, even if he smashed the pot and sold iron, he had to ensure that this Biao man and horse had no worries about food and clothing, and the finances were slightly more generous, so he had to expand the army on a large scale.
Soon the reward was issued, Liu Zhilun was promoted to the second assistant of the cabinet and won the honor of the crown prince and prince, and Zhou Yuji got the rank of general and became one of the eight generals with the general seal.
Fang Zhenghua is not only the master of ceremonies, but also the commander of the Beijing camp, Chen Gao, Lin Daye and other generals are promoted to one or two levels.
In fact, the soldiers of the Beijing camp who participated in the war all knew in their hearts that if it weren't for the 7,000 regular soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" who were attacking head-on, and the artillery bombardment scared away the rogues and collapsed into an army, how could there be the next devastation.
They have joined forces with the "Red Flag Army" several times and know that the "Red Flag Army" in the interior is not the main force at all, and the vast majority of them come from the B battalion, and their combat effectiveness is one level lower than that of the A battalion outside the Guanwai.
Because they understand each other, they know each other and know each other, and the vast majority of Beijing soldiers will not be willing to fight against the "Red Banner Army", and Chongzhen's dream is destined to be shattered.
Also on November 15, Liaodong puppet Manchu Qing State, a full-scale war has been launched for more than 100 days.
After three days of northwesterly winds, the weather improved and the wind weakened.
When a bright moon is in the sky, the hot air balloon is lifted into the sky, the flying army is dispatched, and the burning of the city is about to begin.
Dozens of exercises have been carried out, and it is at this moment that all the pilots are striving for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In order to carry more Molotov cocktails, the selection of pilots is more funny, and those who weigh less under the same conditions are preferred.
In fact, when the first air raid training was conducted, the flying army was a team of two, and later it was found that this was too wasteful of resources.
A well-trained flying army is enough to throw away the Molotov cocktail carried within the budget time, and the weight of one person can be reduced to carry an extra hundred and twenty pounds, why not?
Surrounded on three sides, drifting downwind from northwest to southeast, the landing site of the flying corps after completing the air attack is in its own camp, where dozens of fires will be burned to point out the direction for the triumphant return of the flying corps.
The 1,000 actual combat personnel selected from the 3,000 flying corps have excellent technical and psychological qualities, and as long as they do not have accidents in the middle of their busy schedules, the battle damage should be insignificant.
In the middle of the night, it was a cold winter night, and in Shengjing City, most of the military and civilian officials had already entered their dreams, and even Chongde, who had a nervous breakdown and often had insomnia, was tossing and turning for an hour and fell asleep.