The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 245

The next day, that is, early in the morning of the ninth day of November, the sky was gloomy, and the "Red Banner Army" all set out, aiming at Qingcheng.

The camp and the yurts built were not dismantled, and the ready-made camp was used to transfer and seize the ready-made camp when returning to the division, and arranged for the wounded and sick to rest.

With the aftermath of yesterday's great victory over the Karakin Tartars, the advancing infantry and handymen were full of enthusiasm.

Song Pengfei raised his head, and more than [-] people immediately sang a plum blossom, "Snowflakes are fluttering and the north wind is howling..." Amidst the heroic singing, a group of fiery red troops marched forward in the ice and snow.

At this time, the cavalry brothers, under the leadership of the energetic Hanzi, Wang Zhanpeng, Yang Danian and other officials, took the general flag as a unit and went out ten miles away from the infantry team to carry out a big sweep.

It's a pity that no yurts of the Karakin people were found along the way, only the mess left by the Tatars in a hurry to move.

Yesterday's fierce battle has been spread in the prairie through the mouth of Zhuoerbi's defeated soldiers. In the area southwest of Qingcheng, the yurts who thought they might encounter the Ming army packed up their belongings, drove cattle and sheep, or gathered in Qingcheng that afternoon. Seek protection, or migrate north hoping to escape the battlefield.

When the Ming army came, there were only about [-] troops in a non-overwhelming scale. Compared with the cavalry in Karaqin Qingcheng, the number still did not have the advantage in numbers.

But yesterday's World War I played out the prestige of the "Red Banner Army", and the people of Karaqin have already talked about redness.

Coupled with the fact that many Taijis who vowed to live and die with Qingcheng yesterday and were willing to be loyal to Dai Qing, the capital of Burga, left without saying goodbye overnight, and the morale of the Karaqin people was completely devastated.

The order in Qingcheng had fallen into chaos. Some Karaqin cavalry rushed into the homes of the fallen centurions and thousand commanders to search for gold and silver treasures, and then got on their horses and fled.

The merchants in the city got the news last night that none of the shops were open today, and even the owner didn't know where he was hiding?

This is the time to reflect a general's commanding ability. If you choose to defend the city, you should prepare in advance, and if you choose to retreat, you should just leave without delay.

But Burgadu, who was worried about gains and losses, was delayed all night and all morning without making a decision. He might want to run but was reluctant to part with the supplies in Qingcheng, and he didn't have enough confidence to defend.

But one thing is for sure, Bulga never thought of rushing out of Qingcheng belt again to fight another battle with the "Red Banner Army" with the [-] cavalry that could be organized.

Because he knew that these more than [-] people were not as good as the troops who followed Zhuoerbi yesterday, and they would not be the opponents of the "Red Banner Army".

Huang Han led the army to within [-] miles of Qingcheng. The "Red Banner Army" sentry group [-] with the general banner as the unit arrived one or two hours earlier. They had already circled Qingcheng several times.

Since Wang Zhanpeng was given the task of blasting and attacking the city during the storm, he personally led the cavalry soldiers who had participated in two blastings to Qingcheng for field investigation.

In the end, Wang Zhanpeng came to the conclusion that this so-called city did not need to spend gunpowder to blast it, because the city was so dilapidated that it was completely devastated, and the rammed-earth city walls in the low places could be jumped over by a horse.

The "Red Banner Army" tried their best to come to Qingcheng to kill the Quartet, but things backfired. The imagined fierce battle did not take place. Burga saw that the "Red Banner Army" was really close to Qingcheng for twenty miles, and finally gave up the Ming army. Going may not come to seize the fantasy of Qingcheng.

He didn't care about He Zhong and immediately led more than a thousand troops from the headquarters to flee eastward. He knew that with his own strength and prestige, he might not be able to survive in the Karaqin Grassland, so he was going to seek refuge with the master of the Great Jin Kingdom.

Burgadu didn't have the courage and time to carry out a massacre. In fact, he didn't dare to provoke the "Red Banner Army", so he didn't choose to kill and set fire.

Because he knew that if the furious "Red Banner Army" was chasing after him, he still had more than a thousand miles to go to Liaodong. He thought that Ningyuan could still have the Ming cavalry to intercept it, and Jinzhou could also send troops to intercept it. It's really hard to say how to escape to the territory of Dajin Kingdom.

He also has another worry, if the women and children who were left behind were enraged and the "Red Banner Army" would kill them all without pardon for revenge, regardless of the law of the grassland, he would be guilty of a serious crime.

Bulga could see that he had a purpose, so he led thousands of people to run eastward. This team didn't pay attention to the grain, grass and gold and silver treasures that were only carried by more than [-] spare horses.

Taiji set an example and even abandoned his own women. He only brought four underage sons who could ride horses.

Of course, the light cavalry under their command did not dare to take their wives and daughters with them. Only three or four hundred boys who were about to grow up took up their weapons, rode on their horses and followed their father on the road of escape.

The other big and small Taiji who did not make the decision to escape last night were dumbfounded. Seeing that Burga had run away, they dared not stay in Qingcheng. It's not far from running away.

Huang Han couldn't help laughing when he got the intelligence report. No wonder Jiannu, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, beat up the Tartars every time. It turned out that these people didn't even have a cohesive force.

He issued an order that the cavalry should not scatter in pursuit, and that the means of encirclement and annihilation should be used to try to eat up several fleeing tribes and take all the belongings and animals of the Tartars.

Presumably, the Tartar light cavalry who escaped from Qingcheng could not still be empty-packed. They would definitely do their best to carry valuables with them. At this time, leaving a Tartar at this time will not be less rewarding.

After the "Red Banner Army" often fights in the customs, it is natural for the gold army to earn gold and silver treasures. After fighting so many Tartars yesterday, they basically didn't find that gold and silver were really not used to it.

Now I heard from my mentor that there will be a lot of money captured in the next fight against the Tartars, and all of them are scrambling to kill and go to the north.

At this time, the weather was not good, and the sky was cloudy all morning, and finally snowflakes were flying all over the sky.

In fact, the cavalry will always play the leading role in fighting on the grassland. As long as the cavalry does not take the initiative to attack, the infantry is basically useless. Therefore, Huang Han sent cavalry to expand the results of the battle, and then led the infantry to take over Qingcheng to implement the law of the grassland.

Unexpectedly, when he entered the city, he was blocked by a large group of kneeling and worshiping Mongolians. Fang Liandong responded well, and immediately led his sword and shield hands to surround the Patriarch.

It was obvious that the people who came were unarmed, Huang Han asked Fang Liandong to relax, and rode a horse with four guards around the group of Mongolians.

It turned out that there were three or four hundred young and middle-aged men who were worried about being killed by the "Red Banner Army" regardless of indiscriminately, so they showed up and knelt down to ask for forgiveness.

Huang Han didn't know what was going on, and said, "Among you, someone who can speak Chinese came out to answer."

A Tartar who was about 30 years old could speak Chinese but his tone was blunt. He knelt and climbed a few steps to the front and said, "My lord, the little one can speak Chinese. If you have any questions, please ask the little one."

(End of this chapter)