The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 831

Hu Dawei's goal is clear that he will not flee in the direction of Tongguan, but lead his troops to Shanxi.

The vast majority of these brave men and horses are the elite frontier troops of the Ming Dynasty, with strong combat effectiveness, and more than [-]% of the men and horses were lost in the melee.

Hu Dawei was already covered in scars when he came out of the camp of the rogue bandits. Fortunately, there were no fatal injuries. This should be attributed to the fact that he wore a set of all-steel breastplate given to him by the fool.

He thought it over, if he survived this time and would never work for anyone again, he must follow the "Red Banner Army" closely and follow the General Zhenglu in the future.

Hu Dawei ran in the direction of Shanxi to find Hanzi. He didn't know that Hanzi had been transferred away, and now Chifengwei conquered the Tartars.

He drank and chatted with Hanzi many times, liked his boldness, and hoped to stay in Shanxi to work with Hanzi in the future.

Cao Bianjiao, Yang Guozhu, Wang Tingchen Bao Hong Chengchou, Wang Xizhong, Wang Zhaokun and others galloped to Tongguan.

They were unlucky. At dawn, they were chased and intercepted by the Manchurian cavalry. Many fierce battles caused the loss of more than half of the armored servants under their command.

In the end, all their troops were dispersed, and even Hong Chengchou was lost. Yang Guozhu and dozens of servants had to deviate from the official road to Tongguan and hide in Huashan.

Wang Tingchen was even more miserable. There were only a few family members left around him. They chose to abandon their horses and run into the woods to escape the pursuit.

Cao Bianjiao's men and horses were relatively fierce, and they still galloped towards Tongguan after breaking through the block.

He still has five hundred cavalry left. These people are definitely the elite after the big waves washed away the sand, and most of them are veterans who once followed Cao Wenzhao.

Tongguan accepted routs and refugees almost every day. The courageous He Yongqing and Huang Huiwu led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to build fortifications in the first ten miles of Tongguan.
Because the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, digging becomes easier. It is also because Tongguan is located at the east end of the Guanzhong Plain, bordering the Yellow River to the north, Qinling Mountains to the south, and Huashan Mountain to the west.

The fortifications built by He Yongqing are very simple, with trenches, mounds, parapets and barbed wire, and [-] Francophones that can be transported flexibly. Be adaptable when attacking.

With the defense line of ten miles in front of the pass as a buffer zone, the work of screening refugees and the Ming army can be roughly selected outside the city, and the possibility of being mixed up by the enemy with spies to seize the pass is greatly reduced.

The good reputation of the "Red Banner Army" showed its superiority at this time. As long as the Ming army and refugees fled here, they would feel at ease, and they would take the initiative to report suspicious situations. During this period, as many as 1000 suspected spies were arrested.

The current "Red Banner Army" tries not to kill Han people as much as possible, even if they know they are traitors and bandits, because all battalions have been notified that the General Conqueror needs as many miners as possible.

The soldiers and civilians of the "Red Banner Army" system all know that it is best for prisoners who do not need to pay wages to be miners, because the monthly salary for recruiting good people to be miners is less, and basically no one cares about them. silver dollar.

To catch Tartars, build slaves, and bandits to become miners, these people need to complete [-]% more work than hired miners every day.

This means that 40 captives who become miners will save [-] silver coins for the "Red Banner Army" a year. With these free profits, they can pay [-] "Red Banner Army" soldiers.

The "Red Banner Army" system is developing rapidly and requires a large amount of iron ore and coal. The industrial revolution is already quietly approaching.

The industrial revolution in the Ming Dynasty did not need to launch a land enclosure movement, and there was no need to deliberately cause the owner farmers to lose their land and have to go to the cities to become industrial workers.

Because the "Red Banner Army" is expected to capture millions of rogues, Tartars, and slaves, and use the name of labor reform to make these people work as miners, mine and crush stones to burn cement, and enter brick kilns as coolies.

After serving their sentence, these people also have labor skills.

When they find out that if they continue to do this kind of work in the future, they will get a lot of monthly salary, it is estimated that more than half of them will stay and become free workers, and they may also become small groups such as group leaders and captains who manage new labor reform prisoners. ringleader.

Of course, the purpose of Huang Han's deployment in Tongguan to store grain, raise soldiers, and calm the people is to never give up on this grand pass.Even if all the Ming troops withdrew, the "Red Banner Army" would take root here.

There is food, equipment, and officers, and the location is between Shaanxi and Henan, which are in turmoil. The north of the Yellow River is Luliang Mountain and Zhongtiao Mountain in Shanxi. This traffic artery will never be short of people.

I believe that the longer He Yongqing, Ma Fulin, Huang Huiwu, etc. are here, the more soldiers and horses they have. With Tongguan, it will increase the obstruction of slaves and bandits, and it will relieve too much pressure on the "Red Banner Army" stationed in other regions.

Cao Bianjiao's men and horses ran away while engaging in encounters. They fought hard and reduced their numbers all the way, but few of them voluntarily surrendered.

When approaching Tongguan, Cao Bianjiao was surrounded by only two hundred armored servants who were exhausted, and more than a thousand Tartar light cavalry were chasing after him.

Seeing that the pass was in sight, Cao Bianjiao was even more preoccupied. He was worried that if he ran to the pass, the defenders would not open the gate for fear that the pursuers would follow them into the pass.

People were tired and horses were exhausted, tired, and hungry. Most of the men under his command, including Cao Bianjiao himself, were covered with bruises. They wanted to fight and repel the pursuers.

All of a sudden, all the survivors shouted: "Red flag, red flag without words, there are 'Red Banner Army' ahead, we are saved."

"Cao Junmen, God opened his eyes, the 'Red Banner Army' finally appeared, woo woo woo..."

For some reason, Cao Bianjiao also felt his nose sour at this moment, and soon he found a group of "Red Banner Army" cavalry, the number of which was not large, only more than three hundred, and the leading general had a big shoulder and a round waist with a loud voice.

He said: "Listen up, all Ming soldiers. In order to prevent rogues and slaves from using their space, everyone must dismount and disarm to be interrogated. There is no need to worry about safety issues. With my 'Red Banner Army' here, all Qing troops and rogues will be interrogated." If they all come here, they will only die.”

The person who came was He Yongqing. He felt refreshed for half a month, and he was even happier yesterday because the 600 officers sent by the head of the family had already arrived. Ma Fulin.

He Yongqing had already selected more than a thousand innocent cavalrymen of the Ming army to form five commanders, and the original commander had at least 360 cavalrymen from the "Red Banner Army" as corps commanders.

In order to take in more fleeing civilians and the scattered Ming army, he not only led the infantry and artillery, which more than doubled in size, to more than 5000, to build a defense line ten miles before the pass to establish a buffer zone, but also let five general cavalry Take turns to detect the enemy's situation and seek fighters.

The intention is very simple, if you find a small group of chasing soldiers, whether it is the Qing army or the rogue bandits, fight them first to have a good time.

(End of this chapter)