The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 768

Zheng Zhilong followed Huang Han's suggestion and stated that he would take three years as the planning cycle and strive to win the islands east of the Strait of Malacca and establish a base camp.

Huang Han instructed Zheng Zhilong to seize the territory that will of course be Singapore in later generations, not only to take down that island, but also to occupy all the nearby islands such as Batam Island, Bintan Island, etc., and when the strength is sufficient, it will eat away at the Malay Peninsula.

He also told Zheng Zhilong that no aborigines should be left behind after winning a land. People who are not of our own race will have a different heart. There are many Han people. There is no need to keep the aborigines and become a curse. They can emigrate from Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi.

Huang Han only proposed not to keep the aborigines. As for Zheng Zhilong's handling, he didn't ask at all.

If Zheng Zhilong was kind, he should have shipped the aborigines to another island. If he didn't want to bother, it would probably be bloody.

A few days after Huang Yong led the fleet to sail again, the countdown to attacking the Pyongyang defense line entered.

Half a year has passed, and many guards in the "Red Banner Army" system with sufficient money, food and population have turned into regular soldiers.

Because the replenishment of cavalry could not keep up with the need to form a new battalion, Huang Han decisively ordered the formation of ten infantry battalions. Such a battalion could only be regarded as a second-class regular battalion.

The plan drawn up by the Zanhua Department is a two-pronged approach. The cavalry and guard battalion used intensively will be led by the general Zhenglu personally out of Kaesong to approach Pyongyang, with more than [-] troops.

Since the "Han River Province" requires a large amount of labor force to work hard, in principle, this time the troops were not recruited to serve with the army, but they brought [-] thousand commanders of the guard army, and the Kaesong front army had [-] thousand commanders of the guard army. More than [-] people.

Song Pengfei, Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu, Yang Guoen, Shen Ming, Huang Long, Yu Fei, An Xiaole, Gao Zhongyi, Zheng Xuewei, Liu Sihai and other civil and military generals led the Marine Corps and the second-class infantry battalion that had just been assembled on Phi Island. More than [-] soldiers and [-] guards formed the Yalu River Army.

Their first goal is to seize Yizhou and control the middle and lower reaches of the Yalu River.

The battalions directly under Yang Guoen, Huang Long, Zheng Xuewei and other generals also lacked the cavalry commander Qian Zong.

On August [-]st, the Kaesong front army launched the attack on time, and the concentrated cavalry chased and intercepted more than [-]% of the sentry horses arranged by the Qing army on the advance road that had been well detected.

On the first day of the war, the Kaesong Front Army advanced 120 miles and set up camp at the foot of Zhengfang Mountain, about [-] miles away from Pyongyang. There is a city abandoned by the Qing army here.

What is this place called in Korean? Huang Han didn't bother to ask, so he named it Zhengfang after the mountain. This place will become a county.

In the afternoon of the next day, artillery fire from the "Red Banner Army" began to bombard the positions in the south of Pyongyang. They broke through the periphery that day, and the resistance they encountered was still not worth mentioning. A large number of Han and Korean soldiers raised their hands and surrendered.

In addition to the Jiannu and Tartars who supervised the war, they also tried to drive the servants to desperately. Even the family supervisor team sent by Kong Youde refused to choose to escape for Jiannu's burial. The Qing army surrendered voluntarily.

That night, Duduo saw the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry dispatched to supervise the battle in the barracks outside the city. These people could not all run back, and dozens of them were backlashed when they stopped the Han army and the Koryo army from surrendering or escaping.

It seems that the trench system arranged by Kong Youde can't stop the sharp offensive of the "Red Banner Army". Duoduo refused to be trapped in the city of sorrow.

Doduo immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare for the evacuation of Pyongyang City, bring supplies, gold and silver treasures, pull all the horses and draft horses, and requisition all the horses of the Han army by the way.

In the evening, Kong Youde received Duoduo's order to concentrate on the use of war horses, and the reason was high-sounding.

The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry could not give up their mobility to waste in Pyongyang. He wanted to lead the cavalry to set up camp ten miles outside the defense system.

There is no need for cavalry to guard trenches and cities. In order to ensure that each Manchu and Mongolian cavalry has a horse to transfer, the horses are used intensively.

Liar!Kong Youde's IQ was over eight years old, so of course he didn't believe it, knowing that Duoduo's primary purpose of pulling people out of the inside line and deploying defenses on the outside line was not to kill the enemy, but to make it easier for him to leave when the situation was not good.

How could it be okay to blackmail Duoduo with five or six thousand war horses and draft horses for nothing?Bargaining is a must. Kong Youde asked the garrison in Pyongyang to receive all the supplies in the city and take over the defense.

As long as Duo Duo left the dangerous place, he didn't think of setting fire to the city to carry out massacres, because Duo Ergun specially reminded him not to do anything wrong, the hatred was too great, and the "Red Banner Army" didn't care about the loss and just chased after troubles. big.

He agreed to switch defenses, and completely handed over everything that could not be taken away to Kong Youde.

Early the next morning, Doduo took 2 Manchurian cavalry, [-] coated slaves, and [-] bannermen, [-] horses, and the draft horses were loaded with military supplies, food and grass, and withdrew from Pyongyang to After marching northward for thirty miles, they set up camp.

Duduo did not leave in a hurry. He had more than 2 horses to carry the grain and grass in his hand, which could ensure that [-] people would not go hungry for a month. Gave him confidence.

He believes that the entire cavalry team of tens of thousands chooses to retreat, and the "Red Banner Army" will not be afraid to send out cavalry to pursue them. At that time, they will find that they have a superior force and can win the battle.

The general leading the army could not look forward and backward. If Duoduo immediately fled to the upper reaches of the Yalu River at full speed on August [-], the Yalu River Front Army would really be unable to stop the many cavalry.

After all, the vast majority of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were dual-riders, and their horses were in good condition. It would not be a problem to gallop for one or two thousand miles in three or five days.

However, the plans of Song Pengfei, Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu and other civil and military generals did not consider that Duoduo's 3000 troops turned around and fled without being attacked.

Know yourself, know your enemy, and win a hundred battles. Song Pengfei, Sun Chuanting, Chen Qiyu, etc. have been studying the personalities of Qing army generals during this time.

In recent years, Jiannu has often suppressed the Ming army and won repeated victories. He has not been completely frightened by the "Red Banner Army" and will not become a frightened bird.

Thinking that Duoduo was also the master of war since he was a child, didn't he know nothing about military affairs like Prince Daming, how could he be willing to give up the vast land near Pyongyang?
Sun Chuanting and others judged that Duoduo could not run away as soon as the fight started, and he had to work hard to match his personality.

Therefore, the Yalu River Front Army was not in a hurry to advance towards Pyongyang, but to attack the city along the Yalu River. The purpose was very simple, to block Doduo's retreat and try to intercept all [-] Mongolian cavalry.

(End of this chapter)