The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 735
After the Qing army's defense line was attacked a little bit, it became a collapse across the board, and it didn't hold on for a long time.

Geng Zhongming, who was full of confidence in being able to fight the "Red Banner Army" for ten and a half months on the outskirts of Seoul, still had lingering fears after slipping into the city.

There are more than [-] Qing troops on the outer defense line. It stands to reason that they are not surrounded by the "Red Banner Army", and they should be able to run back [-] to [-]%.

But the reality is very cruel. After counting the number of people, only one-third of the Han and Korean soldiers who could not turn their heads ran back.

When the soldiers have no fighting spirit, no matter how well the fortifications are built, they will not be able to stop the decline.

The vast majority of Han and Goryeo soldiers did not have any loyalty to Jiannu, and the reason why they continued to eat food and serve as soldiers was just to save their lives for food.

It's just a mess, it's the same everywhere. I learned that the "Red Banner Army" is eating well, and now they won't kill them all. Too many Han soldiers have made up their minds to raise their hands and surrendered, and many Korean soldiers are thinking of fleeing back to their hometowns to farm. I will never serve as a soldier for anyone again.

Therefore, the Qing army, whose hearts had long been scattered, discovered that the "Red Banner Army" launched an attack to break through the defense line, and learned that the main general Geng Zhongming ran away with his family members. mountain forest.

After breaking through a little bit, when the "Red Banner Army" expanded its victories, no resistance was found, because those who did not want to surrender ran away, and those who remained were kneeling on the ground waiting to surrender.

According to the final statistics, less than [-] Qing troops were killed, and as many as [-] surrendered.

In order to make meritorious service, many military attaches of the Qing army who surrendered took the initiative to report the deployment of the Seoul defenders to the "Red Banner Army" town governor, and asked for a chance for them to make meritorious deeds and atone for their sins, expressing their willingness to serve the Ming Dynasty and make atonement for their sins, and to go to the ants to attach themselves. Siege.

The "Red Banner Army" actually looked down on the generals who surrendered at all, and most of them would not be retained to serve. However, after selection, the grassroots soldiers could be absorbed into the army for labor service, and the guards served as the "Red Banner Army".

It is necessary to use and transform the surrendered army. Not only are there too many Han troops on the side that built slaves, but also in the future there will be an army of bandits who invade and donate thieves. The total number may be tens of millions.

Most of these people are young and middle-aged Han Chinese men. If they are not killed, they must be completely reformed.

Huang Han is not worried that the old army, rogues, and bandits cannot be reformed.

I think that when the Communist Party swept the world, too many traitor troops, bandit armed forces, and Kuomintang troops surrendered. Later, there were too many reformed old troops in the components of the People's Liberation Army. These people also made great military exploits.

The town governor and the propaganda team cooperated, and still adopted the mode of only punishing the culprits to screen out the surrendered troops.

Those who were accused of wantonly massacring Han people and committing the crime of rape and murder during their time as traitors would not be given preferential treatment, and they would be sentenced to three to ten years of labor reform.

It turned out that General Zhenglu had no intention of avenging the Koreans, but only pursued the crime of massacring the Han people.

After learning of the policy of the "Red Banner Army" towards surrendered troops, many Han troops breathed a sigh of relief, because too many Han troops deliberately caused massacres when they attacked North Korea, and it is unknown how many lives were lost.

Most of the tens of thousands of Han and Goryeo soldiers were unwilling to farm, thinking that they could follow the "Red Banner Army" to eat food and serve as soldiers.

I learned that the Guards Army under General Zhenglu had one or two taels of silver and five buckets of miscellaneous grains for a month, and even the military service with the army had six taels of silver and five buckets of miscellaneous grains per month.

The Qing troops who surrendered tried their best to show themselves in front of the "Red Banner Army" governor and propaganda team members, hoping to stay in the army after being favored.

After rushing to the frontier to observe, Sun Chuanting discovered that Geng Zhongming, the chief general of the Qing army, had made a fatal mistake. Instead of abandoning the city and fleeing, Sun Chuanting retreated into Seoul to try to resist.

He immediately thought about it, and was going to suggest that Huang Han issue an order to encircle Seoul, because the defense system dug out by the Qing army with painstaking efforts would become a group of fortifications that trapped the defenders of Seoul.

Sun Chuanting has never talked about military affairs on paper. He has participated in training in the main barracks of the "Red Banner Army" for more than a year, and fully understands the discipline and combat effectiveness of the "Red Banner Army".

He firmly believes that as long as there are trenches to rely on, the "Red Banner Army" can't break through the defense line of the "Red Banner Army" with a total of infantry and a hundred artillery.

Song Pengfei, Sun Yuanhua, Zheng Xiaowen, etc., who were observing the enemy's situation together, believed that the Qing army had lost their nerve, and the best result was to encircle and wipe them out. They all supported the proposal of the first general who praised painting, Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting acted resolutely, and immediately rushed to the Chinese army to ask to see General Zhenglu.

"General, I think that relying on the Qing army's ready-made trenches to encircle Seoul and then catch the turtle in the urn is the best. When our army captures Seoul, it will be great if our army can capture Geng Zhongming, the traitor king, and send him to the capital to be hacked to pieces! "

Seeing Sun Chuanting, who ran all the way and completely ignored his image as a scholar-bureaucrat, and whose voice was as loud as a roar because of his poor ears, Huang Han was happy.

Huang Han still felt a little sorry in his heart. If it wasn't for his own intrusion, Sun Chuanting would have emerged last year, defeating the main force of the bandits and killing more than [-] enemies.

In order to compensate Sun Chuanting and prevent him from being buried, Huang Han simply asked him to command the siege and the subsequent street fighting.

Maybe he didn't have the predestined relationship with the capture of Gao Yingxiang, but the predestined capture of Geng Zhongming, the traitor king of the Qing Dynasty.

Sun Chuanting is now the number one fan in the "Red Banner Army", equivalent to the chief of the general staff.

He is a well-known general who has been verified by history. In the past two years, he has struggled with grassroots officers and soldiers in the "Red Banner Army", and his views should be higher than history.

Entrusting the siege task to him should be more comprehensive than directing it himself.

Huang Han said: "Master Sun, I have ordered you to take charge of the attack on Seoul, do you have the confidence to capture Geng Zhongming alive?"

It was easy to solve the outskirts of Seoul, and found that the Qing army had no fighting spirit. The next attack on Seoul should be within a short time.

He suggested: "General, the lower officials think that Seoul and Geng Zhongming, etc. are boiled ducks and cannot fly, so there is no need to seize the city immediately.

In order to reduce the casualties of our army as much as possible, in order to better attack the morale of the enemy and break down their morale, the subordinate officials suggested that the surrendered Qing army be organized to go around Seoul and shout. "

Attacking the heart is the top and attacking the city is the bottom. Famous generals are not built. Sun Chuanting is really unusual, and he thought of going with many "Red Banner Army" generals.

In fact, Liu Zaiqi is already screening and organizing the troops to surrender, and will soon start calling out to persuade them to surrender.

Huang Han was even more satisfied with Sun Chuanting's attitude of refusing to increase the casualties in vain, and affirmed: "Master Sun's plan is very good, you can contact Master Liu immediately, I guess he is already doing preliminary preparations for persuading the Qing army in Seoul to surrender. .”

(End of this chapter)