I was living at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and I dealt a brutal blow to the Eight Banners!

At the end of August,

Huang Taiji assembled 80,000 troops to attack Gaizhouwei.

Wu Guozhong, commander of the First Army in Liaodong, led his troops and the people in the city in a desperate fight, supported by cannons and muskets.

To demonstrate their determination to hold out to the death,

Huang Fei ordered the Dengzhou navy to carry the women and children from the city to Fuzhou Guard to avoid disaster.

The child was crying and shouting, and the wife and mother were weeping with their faces covered.

Their husbands, sons, and fathers had tears on their faces but smiles on their lips.

Maybe,

Everyone who remains in the city will die under the arrows and swords of the Qing invaders.

but,

They still wore smiles.

Because they wanted to save their last smiles for their loved ones.

Perhaps not every descendant of the Yellow Emperor has such awareness, but whenever the fate of the nation is at stake, there will always be someone who steps forward from the silent crowd.

On ordinary days, they toil with their backs bent, facing the loess soil and their backs to the sky.

Life may be tough, but they don't complain.

They tolerated corrupt officials riding on their necks; they tolerated local tyrants and bullies sucking their blood.

For a few taels of silver, for a few mouthfuls of food, for a warm bed for his wife and children

Throughout their lives,

Perhaps they are all enduring it.

But when the Ming army arrived, they opened the city's granaries and distributed all the grain to them.

The silver that hadn't been taken from the treasury was also distributed to them.

They saw that this Ming army was different, because the soldiers in front of them were all soldiers of the Earl of Pinglu. They saw that the Qing army would not flee or grovel.

They discovered that even when facing the fierce Qing invaders, they could still stand tall and be respectable.

No one encouraged them; they all stayed voluntarily.

In this life, one can live in a daze or live in a muddle.

But when you see unfamiliar faces standing in front of you, sacrificing their precious lives to protect what you should be protecting yourself.

You will definitely be moved, and you will want to step forward and stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

this moment,

You decided you couldn't take it anymore.

Your eyes are no longer cloudy, and you can finally stand up straight and stop being timid.

Perhaps, this brief moment will cost you your life.

But isn't the meaning of life precisely to bloom briefly in this moment?

Watching the fleet disappear from sight, Huang Fei turned his head away and wiped the moisture from the corner of his eyes.

Wu Guozhong patted Huang Fei on the shoulder and laughed, "What's wrong? Did a brick get into your eye?"

"Get lost!" Huang Fei said irritably.

Wu Guozhong smiled and said sarcastically, "If I'm lucky enough to survive, I'll definitely make sure the Lord rewards me with a Japanese woman!"

Huang Fei looked at Wu Guozhong with a puzzled expression.

Wu Guozhong chuckled and said, "I've never even touched a Japanese woman before. I've heard they call something like 'Iku'."

Huang Fei frowned.

murmured:

"Really? I've never heard them shout that..."

……

On the Qing army's side,

Huang Taiji had already smashed several cups.

With an army of 80,000, Hauge took 10,000 iron cavalry to the northwest to contain the elite cavalry coming from Phoenix City, while the remaining 70,000 troops launched a fierce attack on Gaizhou City for several days. They made it to the top of the city wall several times, but were eventually driven back down.

Despite attacking the city with nearly four times the enemy's strength, they still failed to capture it.

This could have angered Huang Taiji.

Prince Li, Daishan, proposed attacking the city simultaneously from the north and east, which would disperse the Ming army in Gaizhou.

Since we have an absolute advantage in troop strength, let's make good use of it.

In this way, the Ming army in Gaizhou City will have double the area to defend, and the defensive strength will naturally decrease significantly.

immediately,

Huang Taiji ordered Daishan's Plain Red Banner and Zu Zerun's Han Bordered White Banner to attack from the north, and Luoluohun's Bordered Red Banner and Tongtulai's Han Plain Blue Banner to attack from the east.

Make the arrangements tonight, and begin the siege early tomorrow morning.

……

Night,

It is always the best camouflage.

To facilitate the siege the following morning, the Qing troops deployed on the east side did not move their tents over, but instead lit bonfires and rested on the ground.

Five li from the city wall is Tong Tulai's Hanzhenglan Banner, and they will be the main force attacking the city tomorrow.

Two miles to the east of Hanzhenglan Banner lies Luoluohun's Bordered Red Banner.

The Qing army's strategy for attacking was very simple.

In open field battles against the enemy, the Manchu and Mongol Eight Banners were in front, while the Han Eight Banners were behind.

In a siege, the Han Eight Banners would be at the front, the Mongol Eight Banners in the middle, and the Manchu Eight Banners at the rear.

Strictly speaking, it can't be said that it was better to sacrifice one's friend than oneself; it can only be said that the Qing army's art of war emphasized practicality.

In field battles, the key is to strike with full force, sending elite troops to the front lines to ensure victory.

In siege warfare, the attackers' goal in the first few rounds is to exhaust the defenders' energy and will. Once the defenders are exhausted or run out of steam, the Qing army will send out elite troops to deliver a fatal blow.

This tactic of warfare is similar to the strategy of Tian Ji's horse racing.

The horses that are waiting now are naturally Han soldiers.

Twenty miles to the east of Luoluohun's camp,

At Lord Zhang's command, nearly three thousand elite cavalrymen began to move rapidly in one direction.

No one shouted or screamed, and no one became hysterical.

Atmosphere is often contagious.

For true elite troops, stealth movement in the dark is a military skill that comes from their very bones.

The more than 30,000 warhorses from Maolian Ranch, plus the warhorses from the surrounding horse farms, totaling more than 45,000, along with the Goryeo horse gate used for training warhorses, were all taken to Fuzhou Guard by Shen Qiyuan.

have to say,

Zhang Jingchuan has a keen sense of the battlefield and the situation.

Upon returning to Zhenjiangbao from Goryeo territory, I learned of the battle situation in Phoenix City.

Yu Dai's elite cavalry and Ju Renhou's Goryeo camp were stationed in Phoenix City. When they learned that Huang Taiji had led a large army back to Haizhou Guard, Yu Dai planned to lead a battalion of elite cavalry to harass them.

Unexpectedly, just after leaving Phoenix City, they encountered ten thousand elite Qing cavalry led by Hauge.

Hauge did not launch an attack, but simply stared at Yudai, his intention to restrain him was not too obvious.

Since Huang Taiji sent cavalry to contain the elite cavalry forces on Phoenix City's side...

His target must be Gaizhou Guard.

Therefore,

Zhang Jingchuan then decided to send Shen Qiyuan with over 40,000 warhorses to return to the state garrison first, while he himself led nearly 3,000 elite cavalry to Gaizhou garrison to wait for an opportunity to act.

These three thousand elite cavalry,

It consisted of the Imperial Guard Battalion and the Flying Cavalry Battalion.

These soldiers were all veterans who had been on the battlefield and were personally trained by Zhang Jingchuan. While not all of them were veterans, they were mostly experienced soldiers.

The advantage of veteran soldiers is that they know what to do on the battlefield.

Just like now,

The closer they got to the Qing army camp ahead, the slower their march became.

Moving slowly can greatly reduce noise and allow the warhorse to regain its strength, and can even prevent the warhorse from panting and neighing.

True veterans pay particular attention to details.

They may be carefree and multifaceted in life, but on the battlefield, they can simultaneously shed their human persona.

Transform into a wild beast

Crawling forward,

His cold eyes were fixed on his prey in the distance: the Qing army.

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