The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 851 Turned into Scorched Earth
Huang Han knew that Nu Chief Hong was a relatively strong opponent, and his level was much higher than that of Chongzhen, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, and Zhang Xianzhong, so he didn't expect to get a big deal.

With the current strength of the "Red Banner Army", there is no need to fight cheap battles. Flat pushing and crushing are enough to destroy any opponent.

Since the Qing army did not intend to launch the battle for Jinzhou, it is enough to accept the gift of Jinzhou perfectly. In order to reduce the casualties of the offensive and defensive sides, it is very important to persuade the enemy to surrender and disintegrate the morale of the enemy.

After completing the storage of autumn grain and celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, on August [-], the propaganda war officially began.

Jiang Xin, Dou Kuai, Ma Laosan, Lu Yuanhua, and other former Manchu and Qing Han soldiers who had become generals of the "Red Banner Army" came forward to speak out one after another, and even more than [-] Jiannu and Tartars participated in persuading them to surrender.

The effect was too good, especially when the cleanly dressed and rosy-faced Jiannu and Tatars appeared at the foot of Jinzhou City with Shun Dao hanging from their waists, the Qing army exclaimed too much.

It is obvious that after surrendering to the "Red Banner Army", not only the Han and Goryeo soldiers were free, but even the Jurchens and Mongols were carrying weapons, so they did not look like they were pretending.

You will know if the Qing army in the city has the will to fight. Liu Zaiqi, who has developed courage and official spirit, personally led dozens of people holding steel shields and holding iron horns, and approached to the city of Jinzhou for a hundred steps. Shout out.

At this time, the guns deployed at the head of Jinzhou city were already able to shoot and kill them.

However, the artillery and guns at the top of the city did not fire, and the defenders even talked to the propaganda team, asking some about the treatment they would get if they voluntarily surrendered. At the beginning, they were all small soldiers, and gradually officers asked questions.

Just after noon, the "flying army" began a large-scale actual combat exercise. Jinzhou was the target of the air strike. When the [-] hot air balloons flew over Jinzhou, they did not throw thousands of enemies or Molotov cocktails, but threw leaflets with pictures and texts to persuade them to surrender.

This is entirely due to the fact that more than [-]% of the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou are illiterate, so they can only use comic strips to promote the good policy of voluntary surrender and let the past go, and can eat their stomachs.

When the bright red hot air balloon rose into the sky and floated across Jinzhou, the soldiers and civilians in the entire city seemed to be dumbfounded.

The exclamation from the defenders at the top of the city spread far away, "My God! Are the 'Red Banner Army' all heavenly soldiers and generals?"

"Will they jump directly into Guishun Palace from the sky?"

"Hey, although the courtyard walls of King Guishun's mansion are tall, I'm afraid they can't stop the Raiders from Heaven!"

"Haha, I'm afraid there will be a good show to watch next, brothers, be smart!"

"I understand, I understand!"

Seeing the fiery red hot air balloon, the common people in the city became even more fearful and fearful. Many people actually knelt down and worshiped, chanting "Namo Amitabha Buddha".

Suddenly, like a goddess scattering flowers, red, yellow, and white leaflets were flying all over the sky, and the soldiers and civilians immediately started looting...

It didn't take long for many soldiers and civilians to understand the pictures on the leaflets, knowing that the "Red Banner Army" was benevolent and righteous, and gave everyone in Jinzhou a chance to live. Otherwise, gunpowder and kerosene would be thrown into the city from the sky, and Jinzhou would be reduced to scorched earth. Day and night.

Huang Han didn't worry about exposing the lethality of the "flying army". Jinzhou was surrounded by groups, and it was destined that not a mouse could escape here.

Shengjing's Hong is so difficult to get accurate information, and even if he knows that Huang Han has a "flying army" that can attack from the sky, so what?
During the Second World War, the only way to deal with air raids was to send fighter planes to intercept them and deploy anti-aircraft guns on the ground to bombard them.

The soldiers and civilians on the ground can only hide and bet that the bombs will not fall around them.

There are so many thatched cottages in the city in this era, and most of the better houses are brick and wood structures. Once the fire burns, the backward fire fighting methods at this time will not help at all.

What's more, the vicious Huang Han was going to tempt Hong to fight outside the city of Shenyang when the weather was freezing, deliberately enabling the soldiers and civilians of the Qing Dynasty to harvest food and hoard it in the city, so that they would not abandon the city easily because of their gains and losses.

Choosing the climate and wind direction is conducive to launching air strikes when the hot air balloon takes off, and it will not hesitate to turn the Qing dynasty into a purgatory.

Dripping water turns into ice. Once the sky fire falls in Shengjing, there is really nothing to do. I don’t know how to resolve it in the face of the skyrocketing fire in the twelfth lunar month when water cannot be obtained quickly?

The exercise is too important, and the "flying army" will definitely be able to perfect tactics and improve the flying level if they get several opportunities for actual combat training.

Five hundred hot air balloons floated over the sky of Jinzhou, and the autumn air was breezy, windy and sunny, which was good for flying, and no hot air balloon crashed in the city of Jinzhou due to a major accident.

Just when the soldiers and civilians in Jinzhou were almost petrified, the propaganda team led the Jiannu, Tartars, and the former Manchu Qing Han army to start shouting. They issued a serious warning to make the defenders think about how to deal with the "enemy of ten thousand people" thrown from the sky.

On the third day of the propaganda war, the "flying army" conducted six exercises over the city of Jinzhou, demonstrating the ability to attack from the sky.

The Jinzhou defenders were all suppressed, and everyone exercised restraint. No one dared to fire or fire.

Unlike in the past, even hundreds of Jiannu and more than two thousand Tartars did not dare to take the initiative to provoke. Not only did they not shoot arrows, but they did not force the Han army to fire as war supervisors.

There were even a few Chinese-speaking Tartars holding the leaflets and looking left and right, still not at ease. They took the initiative to ask the clansmen and propaganda members who came to persuade them to surrender, whether the "Red Banner Army" really accepted the surrender, and whether the Mongolian surrendered army could really accept it. Eat until your stomach is full.

These savages are actually strong outsiders but capable insiders. Although their IQs are not high, they are not stupid.

Seeing that the "Red Banner Army" can fly in the sky, of course I understand that people on the ground can only be beaten.

They are all passive and unable to fight back. How can such a battle be fought?There are not many places to hide, people can throw gunpowder, fuel oil and set fire to the wind!
I understand that I can't win, I understand that even if everyone resists desperately, they can't defend Jinzhou City.

It can be seen that the effect of the propaganda war is very strong. The [-] Manchu and Mongolian prisoners of war released at the end of the twelfth lunar month last year could really be worth [-] soldiers.

In the Zu Mansion in Jinzhou City, Zu Dashou, who was still hungover, was dragged out of bed by a group of generals. Everyone was impatient, especially wanting to know the attitude of the leading brother Zu Dashou.

And this former titan is now a coward, looking at those eager and familiar faces with a smirk.

Zu Dashou's family members are all in Shengjing, and all his adult sons have official positions. Only his cousin Zu Dabi and adopted son Zu Kefa are left in the Jinzhou army.

The patriarch is so decadent. Zu Dabi and Zu Kefa certainly see it in their eyes. They are helpless, and they also have no hope of guarding Jinzhou. The patriarch drank too much, and they also drank, and even drank even more violently. .

(End of this chapter)