Chapter 1020: Fatal Negligence

As a banner owner, although he is the banner owner of the Han Eight Banners, he can be called the commander of the vanguard team, which is still rare. Jin Li is a Han Chinese, a standard Han Chinese, and a martial artist of the Ming Dynasty, who once guarded Liaodong in his early years, and surrendered to Houjin in the second year of Chongzhen. To say that Jin Li still has some ability, after surrendering to Jin, he was incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner, and because of his military exploits, he was promoted to the Jiala Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner.

When the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were formed, Jin Li was transferred to the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and became the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner.

The banner owners of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, all of them are brave and warlike generals, and they have all had the experience of struggling in the Eight Banners, if they say that among them, there are many people who are the generals of the Ming Dynasty, but after surrendering to the Jin, these people's minds have long changed, whether it is to enter the customs to fight, or to fight in Liaodong, their performance, even Bi Manren is more ruthless, and there is no mercy in the attack, as for the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the vast majority of them are Han people in Liaodong, and these people are the same, they are resolutely supporting Houjin and Huang Taiji.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the Han Eight Banners is not weak at all, although the time for the formation of the Han Eight Banners is very short, but the starting point is very high, and the formation of the Manchu Eight Banners is completely different, and the training on weekdays is also very strict.

Jin Li led the leading troops, which was personally ordered by Duoduo, and Jin Li had to obey orders.

It is impossible for the Manchus to be free from the slightest contradiction, although it is said that the Manchurians are noble, and they all obey the command and take the overall situation into account on major and principled issues, but in the process of concrete operation. This kind of dissatisfaction will still be reflected, and it will be somewhat obvious when it is implemented on Jin Li's head.

Jin Li used to be the Jiala Ezhen of the Zhenghuang Banner, who was absolutely loyal to Huang Taiji, and became the banner master of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. It is also only the Emperor Taiji who is the first to look forward, the Emperor Taiji set up Haoge as the crown prince, Jin Li resolutely supported, and specially presented the folds, once again showing his loyalty, this kind of behavior, in the eyes of the Emperor Taiji, is a matter of course, but in the eyes of Dorgon and Duoduo. But it is intolerable.

Launching an attack from Haizhou, the plan discussed between Zilharang and Duoduo was that Duoduo led 50,000 people to attack, and the composition of these 50,000 soldiers was all the soldiers of the white flag in the Eight Banners and all the soldiers of the Blue Banner in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, including a part of the Han army, unfortunately Huang Taiji limited the number of troops led by Duoduo, and only allowed Duoduo to lead 30,000 people to attack. The Duoduo was only able to obey the decree, and the number was reduced. It was impossible to lead all the soldiers of the two banners, so when he set out, among the 30,000 people led by Duoduo, including all the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and the Blue Banner, the 8,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners with the Blue Banner, and the 2,000 Han Army.

Such an arrangement for Dord. Of course, it was selfish, and it was launched from the direction of Haizhou, facing the Jiangning battalion, and the casualties must have been very large, as the banner master. Of course, Duoduo wanted to be able to preserve the white flag as much as possible, this is the capital, let the Han Eight Banners take on the main offensive tasks, kill two birds with one stone, and the casualties are the sergeants of the Han Eight Banners, and the credit is still his own.

Duoduo must strictly control Jin Li, after all, Jin Li is the banner master, if he is always with his sergeants, who knows if Jin Li will have other ideas, or report all the deployment and battle information to Huang Taiji or Zierharang in private, after the vanguard composed of the Han army was defeated, Duoduo immediately made arrangements to let Jin Li lead the vanguard of two thousand, which is also reasonable, expressing the importance of the vanguard team, and the vanguard of two thousand, the focus is also composed of the sergeants of the Han Eight Banners, There are only a small number of soldiers who are full of eight banners.

Jin Li didn't dare to have the slightest objection, but his heart was uncomfortable, anyway, as the banner owner of the Han Eight Banners, he should at least become Duoduo's deputy, if he became the vanguard when he launched an attack, it was a matter of course, but he could be sent as the commander of the vanguard and command two thousand soldiers, wouldn't this be overkill.

Negative emotions, must have a place to vent out, Jin Li did not dare to speak, can only be in front of his subordinates to lose his temper, the main task of the vanguard is reconnaissance, Jin Li's requirements are very strict, arrange the deployment of the task, the soldiers under his command, think that it is basically impossible to complete, for example, within a day, it is necessary to investigate all the situations within a radius of 100 miles, make a detailed report, to ensure that the army can march smoothly, reconnaissance is not a march, you need to observe the surrounding situation, It needs to be analyzed and judged, a radius of 100 miles, at least divided into three directions, the front of the reconnaissance is the most important, the left and right sides of the reconnaissance is also essential, only the back does not need to investigate, since it can not complete such a task, then there is only flickering, and everything is normal.

Fortunately, most of the day's march passed, and nothing happened.

When the vanguard passed through Lijia Village, Jin Li touched the scene, the former vanguard stayed here, but the result was encircled and suppressed by the Jiangning battalion, only about 100 people went back, the Han army that followed the army to go out was basically wiped out, as a Han people, Jin Li still has some feeling of rabbit death and fox sadness, no matter how hard the Han people work, they are not welcomed in the Qing Dynasty, they are all slaves of the Manchurians, and they are the easiest to become cannon fodder on the battlefield.

After the vanguard arrived at the place of battle, Jin Li gave the order to properly bury all the brothers who had died in battle, and his sergeants dug several large pits, threw the bodies into the big pits, and buried them en masse.

In this process, the pro-soldiers around Duoduo rushed over, their faces were very unpleasant, probably because they felt that Jin Li was a little unprofessional, the task of the vanguard was to investigate, Jin Li ignored the pro-soldiers, he did his own thing, and the pro-soldiers were not easy to say, and they buried the corpses of their brothers, if they reprimanded them at this time, I am afraid that it will cause public anger.

However, after the soldiers went back, they would not say good things for Jin Li, adding fuel and vinegar to say that Jin Li was delaying time, in order to bury the corpses of his fallen brothers, and open the hearts of the army, the soldiers were by Duoduo's side every day, knowing what Duoduo was taboo about, sure enough, after hearing these reports, Duoduo's face was gloomy, and asked the soldiers to urge Jin Li again, and asked Jin Li to perform his duties and not delay the big thing.

With Duoduo's arrows, the attitude of the pro-soldiers was different, and they rushed to the vanguard again, unceremoniously reprimanded Jin Li, and asked Jin Li to quickly reconnoiter the situation along the road and ensure the safety of the army's march.

Jin Li's lungs are about to explode, but there is no place to vent, he can't be angry at his own soldiers, and there are many Duoduo arrows in his hands, if he is angry at his own soldiers, he is angry at Duoduo, which really annoys Duoduo, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, in wartime, the commander can make a decision to remove the officer, no matter what the identity of the officer is.

After the soldiers left, Jin Li, who was furious, asked all the soldiers, except for the two hundred soldiers who stayed with him, to investigate.

This order has caused countless resentments, the sergeant has just buried the body of his brother, although most of these people are Han soldiers, but they always sacrifice their lives on the battlefield, many sergeants do not know what to do, which day will be their turn, so everyone is a little sad, the mood is not very good, after receiving such an order, although everyone is very tired, but still have to cheer up, out of the Lu to investigate.

Neither Duoduo nor Jin Li would have thought that it was precisely because of these delicate relationships between them that they had paid a terrible price, and the sergeants of the vanguard who were in a bad mood would seriously investigate, and after the groups of three or five went out, they were full of complaints, and even vented their dissatisfaction loudly, and their main thoughts were not at all in terms of investigating the situation.

The sergeants who went out to investigate, immersed in grief and dissatisfaction, did not pay attention to the investigation, and hastily looked at the surrounding situation, and even some sergeants, looking at the situation like a horse, can be regarded as galloping, such a reconnaissance, can find the situation, it is strange, they will never know the way, not far in front of them, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion have already arranged a huge net, a huge net that is enough to kill them.

After the scouting sergeants came back, they reported one after another, but did not find anything abnormal, and Jin Li did not think much about it, and ordered the soldiers around him to report the news to Duoduo behind, indicating that the army could accelerate its advance.

All the whereabouts of the Houjin Tartars, are in the reconnaissance of the Jiangning battalion scouts, 40,000 troops are in ambush, and it is almost an impossible task to achieve complete secrecy, after all, it is not a few thousand people, Hong Chengchou has long been prepared, once the Houjin Tartars enter the range covered by the artillery battalion, the battle will start, after a few rounds of artillery fire, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who are in ambush will charge from four directions in accordance with the echelon order, and break the fighting spirit of the Houjin Tartars in one fell swoop.

The vanguard of the Houjin Tartars, hastily investigated, did not notice the surrounding situation at all, this is what Hong Chengchou did not expect, when the scout reported, Hong Chengchou's face, showed a rare smile, Houjin Tartar's fatal negligence, for the Jiangning battalion to win the best opportunity, the vanguard is not in Hong Chengchou's eyes, after the large army of the Houjin Tartars entered the ambush circle, and then launched an attack, will be able to get the best beginning.

Hong Chengchou quickly issued an order, He Renlong, Ma Xianglin, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and others, who commanded the charge in the front, do not worry, according to the plan, wait until the artillery battalion; After two rounds of artillery, a general attack was launched with the sound of drums, and as for Qin Rui, the commander of the artillery battalion, standing beside Hong Chengchou, he must have decided the time to fire the artillery in accordance with Hong Chengchou's order.

The attack was about to start, at this time, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt that Su Tiancheng was indeed unusual, his feeling was different from the previous feeling, this time he felt that God was helping Su Tiancheng in the dark, doesn't this mean that Su Tiancheng has the spirit of a king. (To be continued......)