The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 732
Since Jiang Xin's 2000 men were all disarmed, dozens of servants also lost their armor and weapons.

The deserters couldn't be suppressed by fists anyway, and about [-]% of them slipped away.

After seeing Geng Zhongming, Zhang Cunren, etc., Jiang Xin did not hide anything and told the story. The traitors who were already terrified felt that the end was coming.

Geng Zhongming and Huang Han's hatred is as deep as sea, Zhang Cunren was originally a direct descendant of the ancestral army and the "Red Banner Army" is a deadly enemy.

They didn't think about surrendering, but wanted to rely on the fortifications that had been in operation for two years, relying on those trenches to withstand the attack of the "Red Banner Army". If they can successfully wait for reinforcements, there will be a turning point.

After Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde took their family members to surrender and became slaves, Hongjie arranged a mansion for them in Shengjing. In order to show their loyalty, the big traitors did not bring their families when they came to North Korea to fight. Now Geng Zhongming only has two Goryeo's concubine serves.

These two concubines surnamed Li have fair skin and are not flat faces at all. They are pretty and cute, and they can also write Chinese characters. They are well-educated members of the Korean royal family since childhood.

Jiang Xin and Zhang Cunren were good friends, Geng Zhongming did not make things difficult for him, and directly handed over Jiang Xin and about [-] released soldiers to Zhang Cunren's command.

Zhang Cunren had seen Huang Han and hundreds of "Red Banner Army" cavalry as early as three years in Chongzhen. At that time, Huang Han, who was still fledgling, dared to hedge against Guan Ning's cavalry with inferior forces and won a complete victory.

Eight years have passed now, and the "Red Banner Army" has already soared into the sky, fighting Jiannu and Tartars in Shanxi to talk about redness.

Zhang Cunren didn't know that the future of fighting against the thriving "Red Banner Army" by relying on the Han army and Goryeo soldiers under his command was bleak, so he could only do his best and obey the destiny.

However, the [-] Qing troops who had been captured and released after a good meal became the biggest hidden danger.

When they were assigned to the trenches, they were surrounded by Zhang Cunren's subordinates who were worried about their future.

The core content of the topic is can we hold Seoul?Is there really a way out of surrender?

A former small banner officer of the Jiangxin Ministry saw that there were no senior officers around and laughed:

"Defend Seoul? See his mother's ghost! I saw the artillery of the 'Red Banner Army' with my own eyes, and the number is countless. Not to mention Seoul and Pyongyang, even Shengjing can't hold it. I'm afraid it's too late to build slaves and destroy the country. far away!"

"Then what should we do? Paozi doesn't have eyes, and there is a possibility that there will be no bones left!"

"What else to do? Are you a pig brain? Surrender! The 'Red Banner Army' promises to ensure that all surrendered troops will have enough food and clothing."

"We never thought of working our lives for Jiannu and Tartars. We have long thought of surrendering to Daming and going home. We don't know if our mother and brothers are still here."

"Brother, what's your name, where is your hometown?"

"I'm also a small flag officer. Because I'm good at playing bird guns, others call me Dou Kuaishou. In fact, my name is Dou Kuai, and my hometown is Changping.

At the end of the fourth year of Chongzhen, when I followed Zhang Chun to rescue the Daling River, I was scattered by Jiannu and fled to the mountains. Later, because I was too hungry, in the spring of the fifth year of Chongzhen, I voluntarily went down the mountain and surrendered with a few brothers. "

The little banner officer under Jiang Xin patted Dou Kuaishou on the shoulder and comforted him: "To each other, my name is Xie Hu, I was born in the sword and shield hand, and I am from the Xuanfu. How is your day?"

"Brother Xie, have you seen the 'Red Banner Army' with your own eyes and tell us what their secrets are, why Jiannu can't beat them?"

"I can't tell you the exact reason. All in all, the people of the 'Red Banner Army' make you look energetic. Everyone of them can write and count. It is said that every soldier who uses the bird gun can do a hundred steps.

Their warships are too big, as high as several floors, equipped with hundreds of cannons, and there are hundreds of people on a ship. I have seen dozens of such warships with my own eyes. "

Dou Kuaishou couldn't help getting emotional, and said: "I didn't expect that my Ming Dynasty had such a powerful 'Red Banner Army'. I have already had enough of the days of traitors who are neither human nor ghost. I must return to Daming this time."

At this time, a Korean soldier asked cautiously in blunt Chinese: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Dou, we Koreans have never sincerely worked for the establishment of slaves. I wonder if surrendering to the 'Red Banner Army' can be forgiven and get food and clothing?"

Xie Hu said with a smile: "North Korea was originally a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, but your lord and head should be buried in a sea of ​​flames in the end. I participated in the offensive and defensive battle of Jianghua Island the year before last, and saw the fire with my own eyes. Three days and nights.

Don't worry, Daming can tolerate you, and the General Zhenglu will not kill innocent people indiscriminately. "

In the trenches, people like Xie Hu and Dou Kuai were talking about how great the "Red Banner Army" was and how unbearable the Qing army was. Han troops abound.

Jiang Xin, one of the generals, didn't stop him at all, and secretly told the servants to be smart and to inform those leaders who shake the morale of the army, lest Zhang Cunren's servants find out and chop off their heads.

Three days later, dozens of "Red Banner Army" warships with a displacement of about [-] tons appeared on the Han River, and hundreds of artillery pieces on board began to bombard the Qing army within range. The pound franc machine bombarded the advance.

It's not pushing forward while firing, which can't be done by the artillery of this era, but the two commanders alternately stop and empty the three guns, then move forward a hundred steps, then stop and bombard the mother.

Surrounding the artillerymen are shieldmen with three thousand knives that are used intensively. The white wax pole spears that are one foot and two feet in length are not easy to turn in the trenches, so the cold weapon spearmen did not get the chance to go to the battlefield this time.

Under the leadership of Sun Chuanting, Mao Chenglu, and Shang Keyi, the artillerymen and swordsmen and shieldmen attacked the trench network under the cover of the 5000-mini gunners personally commanded by Song Pengfei.

Behind the attacking troops were [-] military conscripts pushing [-] wheelbarrows loaded with sandbags and prefabricated boards, and [-] self-born gunners.

At this time, Geng Zhongming and Zhang Cunren were standing firm in the outer trench network. In the city were [-] Manchu and Mongolian cavalry led by Zhennu Arzin and more than [-] Banner Ding, and [-] Han and Korean troops led by Xue Dahu and others. .

Whether you can wait for reinforcements for ten days and a half months, you have to see how long the well-built fortifications in the outer city of Seoul can last?
Geng Zhongming and others believed that it was not so easy for the Ming army to compete for positions, because they led their troops to fight for trenches with the troops of Dongjiang Town when they captured Yizhou.

That battle was particularly tragic. After half a month of fighting, more than 1 people died on both sides. In the end, Dongjiang soldiers voluntarily withdrew to succeed.

Geng Zhongming thought that the trench network built outside Seoul was better in quality and larger in scale than the defense line built by Dongjiang soldiers in Uiju. The number of defenders was two or three times that of Dongjiang soldiers at that time, and it should be able to defend for more than half a month.

(End of this chapter)