Chapter 864: Kill them all
Even though the fort held by the "Red Banner Army" was a masonry and concrete structure, equipped with at least eight three-pounder furlong cannons, it would not be easily breached.
However, it was also difficult to face the fact that the supply line was cut off by the enemy cavalry, and our army did not have a strong cavalry to drive out the enemy cavalry, resulting in a situation of becoming an isolated city.
Making full use of the Mongols, using the surrendered Manchu and Mongolian cavalry is the only choice, strengthening brainwashing and education, and giving the activists meat and wine, so that they can really feel the benefits.
In the autumn of next year, the Jurchens and Mongols will be lowered to pass the regular soldier assessment standards, and strive to organize at least 15,000 foreign cavalry to fight a chase battle with the Manchu cavalry.
The riding skills of the grassland clan will not be bad, and if they get the strong armor and sharp weapons distributed by the "Red Banner Army", there is no doubt that their combat effectiveness will rise sharply.
With the beheading of a first-class Manchu halal slave reward of 40 taels of silver, the beheading of the Tartar young and middle-aged reward of 20 taels of silver, unfortunately killed alien cavalry also received a pension of 100 taels of silver economic means stimulated, I believe that willing to work hard for the family to win a happy life of the alien cavalry will not be less.
Only with the ability to attack, can you rely on the fortress to lead the area, in order to be able to defend the north and touch the far north, a strong cavalry corps is indispensable.
Skilled workers are increasing, steel supplies are tilted towards vehicle factories, bicycle production is rising, and the number of infantry equipped with bicycles has exceeded 10,000.
Straight bar bicycles can easily cause injuries to the cyclist's balls, so Huang Han adopted a slash design from the beginning to make it easier to get on and off the bike, and it is much less difficult to learn to ride.
Infantry can basically master this skill after more than ten days of bicycle practice.
Nowadays, infantry who have been equipped with bicycles can not be satisfied with just being able to ride, but also have to learn to repair vehicles, and dismantling, assembling, and quickly changing spare tires have become training items that must be passed.
Jinzhou was lost, and the Red Gangster formulated a strategy to compete with Huang Han under Shengjing City.
He made preparations to this end, and the "Heavenly Blessing Cheering General Cannon" deployed at the head of Jinzhou City has exceeded 150 pieces.
Among them, it can fire ten Ming Dynasty solid cast iron shells, with a maximum firing range of eight or nine miles, an effective firing range of four or five miles, and nearly 100 heavy guns installed on the fort.
Nearly 30,000 Han troops, in addition to artillery, 20,000 were armed with arquebuses.
Since the Red Gangsters have been personally focusing on the quality of firearms for the past two years, the craftsmen would rather use more materials than cut corners, so although these arquebuses are more bulky and cumbersome to use, the firing range and power are no less than the self-generated guns equipped by the "Red Banner Army."
The production technology of black powder is much the same, there are too many craftsmen of the original Liaodong Guard with this skill, and the stock of gunpowder in Shengjing City is enough to support several years of offensive and defensive battles.
Being too cumbersome is the biggest shortcoming of Manchu firearms, but the red gangsters who have participated in the war since childhood know how to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
He will not let the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion maneuver, but will adopt the mode of waiting for the rabbit to wait for the "Red Flag Army" to come and fight.
The puppet Manchu Qing can be said to be all ready, who knows that although Huang Han is young, he is not arrogant or impatient, and after taking Jinzhou lightly, he still chooses to fight steadily, and the "Red Flag Army" does not take advantage of the victory to pursue at all, but is building a defensive line.
In the eyes of the military aristocracy of the Eight Banners and the Red Gangsters, Huang Han was extremely cunning, they refused to be deceived by appearances, and they were still actively deploying.
I am not afraid of thieves stealing, but I am afraid of thieves thinking that the five-year Pingliao deadline is getting closer and closer, and the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty knows that there will be a battle related to life and death, and the Manchu and Mongolian military nobles are psychologically prepared.
However, until the heavy snow fell, the "Red Banner Army" did not cross the Sancha River.
The red guy waited for the flowers to thank him, but he didn't wait for a vigorous life-and-death struggle, he could only look up at the snow and sigh!
Obviously, a fierce rival has been encountered! When the brave meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and when it comes to the battle against the water, it is useless to gain and lose.
The red gang is constantly encouraging himself, and he must be up to 12 points of spirit, and success or failure is in this move.
Time passed, offense and defense were exchanged, and Jiannu, who was known for his mobility, had to give up his own advantages and passively wait for the attack of the "Red Banner Army" because he had a place to defend.
Huang Han not only has the advantage of equipment, but also has the dominance of the battlefield, do you want to fight? When to get started? Where to choose? That one has to make the red guy a big headache!
The Red Gang was most worried that Huang Han would not go to Shengjing for a decisive battle, but would break through Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Haizhou and other cities one by one, causing Shengjing to become an isolated city.
He didn't want to lead the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry to take the initiative to attack the "Red Banner Army" defense line under the cover of the heavy artillery of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion and win the initiative on the battlefield.
In case it is difficult to transport the heavy artillery in place and the "Red Banner Army" withdraws, even if you recapture Jinzhou, I will directly lead the main force to advance to Shengjing.
Even if in the end, everyone takes what they need, the Qing army can't afford to lose, and it is meaningless to recapture Jinzhou.
The red guy is thinking about countermeasures in his head all day long, so that he often has insomnia all night, full of exhaustion, and his health is even worse.
Put the place of death and then live, only by choosing the battlefield that is most conducive to the Qing Dynasty can you turn over in a battle, and the red gangster is gritting his teeth and insisting.
There was a shortage of food, and the Qing army stockpiled a large amount of grain in the city in order to be able to hold on to Shengjing and fight a decisive battle with Huang Han, and they had to ensure that the food in the city could meet the needs of 200,000 horses for a year before they could be a little relieved.
After handing over the autumn endowment of the master, too much food from the Jiannu armor family was not enough to survive the spring famine, and even if the weather was cold and the snow was frozen for several feet, they had to venture up the mountain to hunt and go to the lake to open a hole to fish, and the days were even more difficult.
Only the families of the 20,000 or 30,000 Han soldiers in the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion received the extra favor of Chongde, and they could barely survive, and ordinary Aha starved to death and froze to death abounded, and the worst was Goryeo Aha who was at the bottom.
Seeing that there was no way to live, too many Aha began to flee, but fortunately, after sparing no effort in propaganda, after learning that the "Red Flag Army" was no longer in a hurry to accept the surrender, the attitude of Jiannu and Tatar changed greatly.
Under normal circumstances, as long as the fugitive Aha does not kill people and does not take away the master's property, they basically do not chase and kill.
In fact, the puppet Manchu Qing state was condensed from a plate of scattered sand for not many years, and it was smooth sailing during the rising period, and the contradictions between races and tribes would be covered by uninterrupted military victories and expansion.
The Jiannu in history has always been lucky, and really staged a big drama of snakes swallowing elephants, and a small tribe with a population of hundreds of thousands ate the Ming Dynasty with a population of hundreds of millions.
In this case, the internal contradictions of the Jurchens were naturally downplayed.
The benefits that the Qing army could get from attacking the Ming Dynasty were too great, which made the life of the Jurchens flourish, and naturally made many Jurchen tribes who were bloodily conquered by the old slaves forget their hatred.