I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 688 Target Zhengbai Banner

What answered him were countless arrows shot by Tang Dynasty soldiers.

The arrows shot by ten thousand elite Tang soldiers covered the thousand-plus Eight Banners Army like a dark cloud.

After two rounds of salvos, there were no survivors.

The reason why Li Zheng used arrows was to avoid alerting the enemy.

After easily destroying more than a thousand Eight Banners troops, the upper realm fell into a brief peace.

The Eight Banners Army outside Jianzhou City had no idea of ​​the situation inside Jianzhou City, and more than a thousand Eight Banners Army soldiers mysteriously disappeared in Jianzhou City, so they chose to stay put and wait and see.

Li Zheng was finally able to free up his hands and take complete control of the entire Jianzhou City.

Li Zheng finally adopted Hou Junji's suggestion, but he still made some compromises.

He ordered a thorough screening of all the people in Jianzhou City, and all those who were not of the Chinese ethnic group would be killed as sacrifices.

The selection of Chinese people in the city was even more stringent. Anyone who had ever served as a running dog of the Tartars was driven out of the city, and those who had intermarried with the Tartars were dealt with in the same way.

The reason why he didn't kill them all like those aliens was because Li Zheng considered that under the tide of the times, it was impossible to ask everyone to stick to their own principles.

And after all, they are all from the same Chinese ethnic group, so Li Zheng was being considerate.

Although he knew that some of these people would definitely tip off the Tartars, Li Zheng didn't care.

His original plan was to take the initiative to attack after capturing Jianzhou City, so Li Zheng really didn't care whether the news was reported or not.

After all, Jianzhou City is the Tartar's old nest. After Li Zheng's screening, the number of people in the city is less than 30% of the original number.

But the advantage is that it is clean, and we were happy to get the certificate, and it just solved the problem of the army's stationing place.

After all this was done, it was already the next night.

Li Zheng was taking a nap in the prefect's residence when Li Kan came to report.

Because it was wartime, Li Zheng ordered everyone to wear armor and not to kneel down to pay homage. So when Li Kan came in, he just bowed to Li Zheng and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the entire Jianzhou City has been completely controlled by our Tang Dynasty."

Li Zheng nodded.

Li Kan continued.

"I wonder what your majesty is going to do next?"

Li Zheng smiled and glanced at Li Kan.

"The Eight Banners Army is the elite of the Tartars. The reason why they are called the Eight Banners Army is because of a system."

Li Zheng immediately told Li Kan what he knew about Nurhaci's creation of the hegemonic system and the advantages and disadvantages of the Eight Banners system.

Li Kan nodded upon hearing this and began to think about it.

It is really sad to say that in the vast land of China, 90% of the Chinese people were conquered by the Tatars, who accounted for less than 10%.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Tang Dynasty should take the initiative to attack and catch these Eight Banners Army off guard."

Li Kan's idea coincides with Li Zheng's.

While these Eight Banners troops are still unaware of the Tang Dynasty's true colors, we will ruthlessly tear a piece of flesh from them.

The king and his ministers had made a decision, and the next step was to choose a target.

After interrogating the Tartars in Jianzhou City, Li Kan has figured out the current situation and leaders of each banner of the Eight Banners Army.

The Eight Banners of the Tartars were divided into the upper three banners and the lower five banners.

The upper three banners are the Bordered Yellow Banner, the Plain Yellow Banner and the Plain White Banner.

The lower five flags are the Zhenghong Banner, the Xionghong Banner, the Xiongbai Banner, the Zhenglan Banner, and the Xionglan Banner.

The upper three banners were directly controlled by the Qing imperial family. Today, the Zhenghuang Banner is headed by Tuhai, and the other two banners of the upper three banners are headed by Mahara alone.

If the Tang Dynasty wanted to make the Tartars feel pain, its final target would be one of the three upper banners.

Li Zheng and Li Kan, the emperor and his minister, looked at each other.

The two have worked together for a long time and have developed a tacit understanding.

"Your Majesty, please choose between the Plain Yellow Banner and the Plain White Banner."

Li Zheng laughed out loud when he heard this.

He decided that Mahara would lead the two flags alone, and this was the opportunity for the Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Zheng finally decided on the target of this battle, the Zhengbai Banner.

"I hope this Mahara will be among the Zhengbai Banner."

Li Zheng muttered to himself.

Just like that, after taking control of Jianzhou City, Li Zheng set his next target on the Zhengbai Banner, one of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

The Zhengbai Banner was originally led by Dorgon. It was this Zhengbai Banner that made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty when it stole the Chinese land, thus becoming one of the top three banners.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Zheng set the target of this battle on the Zhengbai Banner.

Li Kan had no doubt about Li Zheng's order.

After bowing to Li Zheng, he turned and left.

Li Kan acted quickly. That very night he had selected 100,000 Tang cavalrymen and prepared them for battle.

Of course, these 100,000 cavalrymen were not all aimed at the Zhengbai Banner. They were just used to hold the line in case of any unexpected situations.

Li Zheng estimated that the Plain White Banner had no more than 30,000 men, and the 100,000 cavalry sent by the Tang Dynasty were enough to carry out a beautiful annihilation battle.

After counting the troops, Li Kan ordered the Tang soldiers to begin to recuperate.

They waited until the early morning, when the men and horses were exhausted, and then 100,000 well-rested Tang cavalrymen filed out of Jianzhou City.

The Zhengbai Banner was stationed less than 20 kilometers south of Jianzhou City.

This distance was nothing for the Tang Dynasty's cavalry. The 100,000 war horses were tied with cotton cloth by the soldiers, so the sound of horse hooves was not obvious during the march.

But after all, it is a large army of 100,000 people. The originally low voices gathered together still sound like muffled thunder, and it seems that the earth is wailing under the feet of these 100,000 iron cavalry.

Soon, as the Tang Dynasty soldiers marched long distances, camps appeared in the distance.

Although it is called a camp, it is actually not much different from a small town.

Because in the Eight Banners system, taking the Zhengbai Banner as an example, as long as you join the Zhengbai Banner, it means that your entire family belongs to the Zhengbai Banner.

In wartime, all citizens serve as soldiers, and in peacetime, they all belong to the Plain White Banner, which is different from other Qing Dynasty people.

Li Kan looked at the silent Zhengbai Banner camp with a cruel smile on his face.

He gestured towards the camp, and the next moment, the cavalrymen behind Li Kan split into two columns and encircled the camp.

After his soldiers reported that the encirclement had been formed, Li Kan raised his right arm and then swung it down fiercely.

Then, the Tang Dynasty cavalry behind Li Kan, like wolves and tigers, rushed towards the Zhengbai Banner camp.

At this time, the entire Zhengbai Banner camp was still silent.

Now that the world is at peace, they would never have imagined that a cavalry of 100,000 men would sneak up on them under the cover of darkness.

As for the closing of Jianzhou's city gates and the mysterious disappearance of a thousand cavalrymen, they didn't take it to heart at all.

(End of this chapter)