The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138
The Houjin army staying in the pass should be at the point of changing defense at this time. Generals such as Belezir Harang, Sahalin, and Abatay will leave the pass and return to Shenyang with the looted population, livestock, and supplies.

Amin, one of the four major Baylors, Baylor Shuotuo, Gushan Ezhen Namutai, Turge, Tang Gugu, etc. led [-] armored men, thousands of bannermen, and coated slaves to enter the customs to defend the three camps, The four big cities of Yongping, Qian'an, and Luanzhou.

Hongxie intends to leave this enclave to facilitate future access to the Daming Pass, but none of the civil servants and generals of the Dajin Kingdom have experience in stationing the city inside the pass, so Eighth Xiao is reluctant to let the loyal Jierhalang be a guinea pig.

Amin, who is usually arrogant and domineering, is just the right size, so he was chosen for the experiment.Amin didn't doubt him, and Le Zizi came with the team with the dream of getting rich and Sleeping Beauty.

Huang Han knows the general direction of history and naturally has the initiative. Such a precious opportunity is fleeting, how can he waste time?

While waiting for the white-armed soldiers to join forces, the "Red Banner Army" must continue to pick soft persimmons and continue to fight cheap battles to grab food from the Houjin army.

During this period of time, the cavalry of the "Red Banner Army" continued to investigate the enemy's situation with the general flag as a unit, and the intelligence was continuously delivered to Huang Han, and the target of the next action gradually became outline.

Zhenzi Town is only fifty miles away from Fengrun County, and Kaiping Town is no more than seventy miles away from Fengrun County. These two towns have not been damaged.

Because the aristocratic families here discovered that Jierhalang had led his teacher to come, they all chose to surrender and become traitors, and the same is true in historical records.

They not only provided food and grass to the Houjin army, but also organized young and middle-aged people to transport for the Dajin Kingdom.

No one is reconciled to being driven by the enemy, and these Luanzhou prominent families have no choice but to do so, but how can the "Red Banner Army" let the traitors go, take these two towns and take the lead in seizing the properties and lands of the traitors.

There should not be many post-Jin troops stationed in these two towns. Huang Han decided to attack. With the current strength of the "Red Banner Army", it is no problem to capture the town in one go. The resistance encountered will be minimal, and the traitors will be liquidated after they succeed. His treasures of gold and silver are immeasurable.

However, it is inevitable to suffer casualties in attacking fortifications. How can the "Red Banner Army" minimize or even have zero casualties?
After the Jin army repeatedly used the method of spies to lurk to break through the Daming city, why couldn't the Ming army follow suit?
Huang Han is also planning to use the strategy of spies lurking inside and outside to take over these two towns. Dozens of soldiers in the "Red Banner Army" cavalry are authentic Luanzhou people, and the hometown of Zhang Yang, the chief banner officer, is Li Zhenzi Town. There is only Zhangjiaji in Qili.

When Huang Han convened a meeting with the general banner officer and senior military officers to discuss how to seize Zhenzi Town and Kaiping Town, he proposed the idea of ​​sending local people to be undercover agents to carry out cooperation with outsiders. Zhang Yang immediately stood up and expressed his willingness to choose sixty heroes Infiltrate Hazelnut Town.

In order not to startle the enemy, Huang Han dispatched Yebu Shouzhuang to conduct reconnaissance on the two towns for the past two days, and found that surrender also has the benefits of surrender. At least most of the villages around Zhenzi Town and Kaiping Town basically did not suffer from devastating looting.

It may be because the Hou Jin army believed that the people here were obedient people.

The post-gold master Zi Hongjie once issued a decree in the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Chongzhen: "I inherit the destiny, promote the teacher and defeat the Ming, kill those who refuse, and do not disturb those who surrender. Do not separate the captured people from their parents and wives. Do not prostitute women, do not Take off people's clothes, don't destroy the utensils in the hut, don't cut down the fruit and trees, don't drink too much. Anyone who violates the law will not be forgiven. If you fix the mountain forehead, you can't help it, and the crime is the same."

He also issued a decree in the first month of the third year of Chongzhen to emphasize: "Minister Van Belle will behead those who plunder the property of the surrendered castle, kill those who surrendered without authorization to pay for their crimes, and take the property by force, and pay twice as much as they take."

Master Jin made such a high-profile statement, but it still had some effect.At least when Jierhalang and Belle Sahalin were ordered to garrison Yongping Fucheng, the Jin army was somewhat restrained, so the people in Zhenzi Town and Kaiping Town who surrendered were able to carry out spring plowing.

But when the vicious Amin led an army of [-] soldiers who hadn't snatched any good things, thousands of bannermen, and coated slaves entered the customs and changed their defenses, the situation changed suddenly.

Amin has always been arrogant, domineering and defiant, and he doesn't care what imperial edicts issued by the eighth brother. He found that the officials and squires of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered were all well-fed, surrounded by beautiful women, and their homes were magnificent. Before abandoning the city, he decisively carried out indiscriminate killings. robbery.

Most of the Golden Army who chose to surrender were the families of the richest men in Ming Dynasty. Amin led the robbers to attack them and got a lot of gold and silver treasures. After gaining experience, he asked his subordinates to loot the villages and towns that surrendered before retreating. Once again grab the pours.

Huang Han decides to strike before Amin, at least the "Red Banner Army" will not go on a killing spree, let alone hurt the common people in Shengdou. This will save many ordinary people in Luanzhou who died in Amin's massacre in disguise.

At noon on April [-]th, the "Red Banner Army" was dispatched. There were a total of [-] cavalry and [-] cavalry and infantry together with the Huangyi Prefecture Department.

The army's attack target is the west gate of Zhenzi Town. If it is not discovered that Zhang Yang led people to control the city gate at the appointed time, Wang Zhanpeng's blasting team will still use black powder to blast, and will not hesitate to destroy the city gate hole and cause a large number of clan armed forces guarding the city. Casualties will also be carried out storm.

Zhang Yang volunteered to lead [-] Luanzhou fellow villagers to take the town of Zhenzi by chance. In fact, he had a deep understanding. Several of his senior brothers were in the nursing home of the famous Liu family and the Cheng family in Zhenzi town.

He is an out-and-out native and has someone as a guarantor. It should not be difficult to enter the city with the reasons why dozens of fellow villagers have been seeking refuge with fellow apprentices.

Zhang Yang himself is quite familiar with Zhenzi Town, and has distant relatives living in the town. He used to visit Zhenzi Town every year, and so did a dozen of the dozens of people he led.

The former officials of the Ming Dynasty in Zhenzi Town had already run away, and now several prominent families jointly manage the city. They reached a consensus that they would never fight against any large army. Therefore, when the Jin army came, they chose to surrender. If the Ming army came back, they immediately Will return to Daming again.

There are really not many people left in Zhenzi Town by the Hou Jin Army, there are less than forty armored men, and seventy or eighty banner men and coat servants. A Ba Ya Laba Shiku is the highest officer. They are here for nothing more than to Money, food, and domineering.

At noon on April [-]th, Zhang Yang and his party came to the west gate of Zhenzi Town. He led four people off their horses and led the horses to approach the city gate on foot, and let the rest of them hide in a deserted village to wait for the signal.

When approaching the west gate, Zhang Yang found that the city gate was not closed, and there were groups of ordinary people coming in and out, but at the gate of the city, there were dozens of men from different families checking the people who came and went. was arrested.

(End of this chapter)