Chapter 287 Fan Wencheng Laozi came to the timely picture transmitted back through the drone, and Quan Xu frowned slightly.There were at least 10,000 of these captives, including at least 8,000 men and women, more than 1,000 children in their teens, and about 1,000 men and women over middle-aged age.The Houjin army that guarded them was about 300 people, and because the number was too small, each of the Houjin troops had to take care of thirty or forty people, plus the accompanying carts, there were almost no Houjin troops in more than a mile.These captives were not tied hand and foot, even if they did not dare to resist, the left and right flanks were steep hills, as long as they climbed the hillside, those Houjin cavalry would be helpless.But even so, none of these Ming people resisted, silently pushing the cart and moving forward slowly.This is the survival wisdom of the Chinese, the gun shoots the first bird, whoever dares to take the lead in resisting will definitely die miserably, and if someone takes the lead in resisting, they will follow the resistance.......The loud sound of the leather whip resounded throughout the valley, and a citizen who slipped under his feet and fell to the ground was seen by the Houjin cavalry who was guarded, and the Houjin cavalry did not say a word, picked up the whip, and whipped it towards the fallen people.The wallowing people screamed in pain, and the whip-wielding Houjin cavalry roared unbridled laughter.The surrounding Ming people were very indifferent, they watched coldly and were indifferent.Retracting the drone, Jeon Wook fell silent.Quan Xu did not let people give the order to attack, and Quan Xu's indifference caused Ma Yinghu's dissatisfaction: "Quan Ye, why don't they attack?"
”"Why attack?"
Ma Yinghu pointed to the screams of women faintly in the distance, as well as the crying of children: "They are very pitiful!"
”"If they are pitiful, aren't you pitiful?"
Quan Xu pointed to the whole family of soldiers around him and said: "You have parents, sisters, brothers, and wives and children, and you are dead, aren't they sad and pitiful?"
”The soldiers of the whole family talked about it.Qi Yuanbi looked coldly into the distance, holding back an inexplicable fire in his heart: "Master, there are few of them, but there are many of us!"
”"Yes, yes, even if you use a pile of people, it's not difficult to kill these post-gold tartars!
However, there is a question, have you thought about it?
”Quan Xu looked at the generals of the whole family army beside him and said, "Ma Yinghu, think about it yourself!"
”"Terrain!"
Ma Yinghu's face changed slightly: "The terrain here is too narrow, and our soldiers and horses can't be used!"
”"Anything else?"
Quan Xu looked at the other generals and asked.Liu Quandao: "As soon as we make a move here, whether we shoot or shoot, those people will definitely scatter and flee, everyone will trample on each other, and the consequences will be unimaginable!"
”"There is another problem, as soon as we are attacked, these Houjin Tartars will definitely not care about human life, they will drive the people to attack our position, whether we shoot or shoot, the casualties will not be small!""
Fighting a war requires brains and think about it!
Houjin is betting on so many people, the speed will definitely not be fast, let's follow them first!
”Quan Xu looked at Qi Yuanbi beside him and said: "There are a lot of Shanxi people under your command, they are good at walking mountain roads, trekking mountains and rivers, you pick out four hundred people from them, form an independent regiment, abandon horses and follow them, follow these Houjin Tartars, and see where they go!"
”"Yes!"
Quan Xu looked at the sky: "Let's camp in this valley." ”When the whole army was camped, this independent regiment had been prepared, and Ma Yinghu of the first infantry regiment was appointed by Quan Xu as the regiment commander.Although the basic establishment of the whole family army is the same as that of the Tianxiong army, the whole family army does not have the position of general manager and thousand generals, and the general is the head of the regiment.And there is no position of General Qian, but the whole family army has a brigade structure.The independent reconnaissance group of the whole family army was officially established, and its purpose was to follow this Houjin cavalry to find out where the people of the Ming Dynasty were escorted.Quan Xu is not an expert in Ming history, his source is not the forum of later generations, or part of the historical materials, he knows that Houjin broke through in October of the second year of Chongzhen, until the third year of Chongzhen Chongzhen on May 9, Zu Dashou together with Shanxi General Soldier Ma Shilong, Shandong General Soldier Yang Shaoji, jointly attacked Luanzhou.On May 12, Luanzhou was recovered and Yongping was attacked.Amin and others slaughtered the people in the city and abandoned the city.The seven-month-long "change of self" came to an end.At this time, the Great Wall defense line of the Ming Dynasty was actually full of loopholes, Hongshan Pass was conquered by Huang Taiji as early as October 27, as well as Da'ankou (now Zunhua, Hebei) conquered by Jierharang and Yuetuo, Longjing Pass conquered by Abatai and Azig.Huang Taiji withdrew from Lengkou Pass to outside the pass, not because he had no way back, but because the road outside Lengkou Pass was relatively smooth and convenient for marching.The problem in front of Quan Xu is big, is he taking the opportunity to recover and attack Hongshan Pass, Longjing Pass or Da'ankou?
Or continue to pursue this Houjin force?"
Xianggong, what do you think?"
Sanniang came behind Quan Xu and watched the soldiers of the whole family around him encamp silently.Although Sanniang didn't understand Quan Xu's actions, she didn't directly object as before, but came to ask Quan Xu when there was no one.Quan Xu turned around and returned to the carriage RV, at this time he felt more comfortable due to the high temperature in the RV.Quan Xu opened the tablet, the map that had already been downloaded, and said with a smile while watching: "Sanniang, what is the advantage between us and Houjin?"
”Sanniang thought about it, and vaguely remembered that Lu Xiangsheng and Quan Xu discussed this question, and she said: "We have enough people in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more people in the five northern provinces than in the Houjin Dynasty!"
”"That's right, but the shortcomings of the sparse population will be made up by Houjin soon!"
Quan Xu pointed to the map outside the pass and said: "There are more than three million people in Liaodong and my Ming Dynasty, due to successive defeats, these people were either slaughtered, or robbed to Houjin as slaves, this time Houjin broke through the pass, not only robbed money, robbed grain, and most importantly, they also kidnapped nearly a million people.Once these millions of people arrive in Liaodong, they can grow grain for Houjin and feed soldiers and horses, and a million people can feed at least 100,000 horses!
”After the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji began to recuperate, and then began to explode troops.Now Houjin is difficult enough to deal with, if Houjin is allowed to expand the army by another fifty or sixty thousand, it will be a huge disaster for the Ming Dynasty.Sanniang nodded and said, "Will you save these people?"
”"Whether they can be saved or not depends on themselves!"
Quan Xu said solemnly: "Do you know what I think when I see this scene?
”Sanniang shook her head, a little puzzled."
I really want to turn around and leave, poor people must have something to hate, as long as they resist a little, I will not hesitate to order an attack, dealing with a Niu Lu's Houjin cavalry, there is no difficulty at all, but I don't want to do it!"
Quan Xu pointed to the distance outside and said: "They would rather be slaves than resist, they would rather freeze to death and starve to death than take a risk, if there are thousands of Houjin troops outside, I will understand their difficulties, but the problem is that Houjin obviously only has more than three hundred horsemen, and in such terrain, the cavalry is not as flexible as the infantry!"
”Sanniang said with some frustration: "But those people don't have weapons......"
"This is not a reason!"
”Quan Xu said indignantly: "Even if there are no blades, even if there is no armor, they still have hands, there are stones and sticks everywhere, they have teeth, they have fists, as long as I defeat the Houjin army and throw the prisoners to them, let alone three hundred, even if it is three thousand, they will tear those Houjin captives to pieces, they are too smart, they don't want to be fools!"
”Quan Xu is not short of blades, nor is he short of food, in the warehouse of later generations, he now has thousands of cold weapons, three or four thousand made firearms, more than 200 artillery, and tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder, which can be replenished at any time.He broke away from the Tianxiong Army, and the purpose of coming to Zunhua was to fall in love with these Ming people who were ruined by the Houjin, as well as these manpower.Quan Xu only has 3,000 men, and he has enough strength to attack any pass or pass by using the advantage of artillery, but the problem is that once the troops are divided, Quan Xu will face a situation where there are no troops available.The only way is to rescue these people and arm them, even if they are not able to fight, at least let them cooperate with the whole army to defend a city or a pass.The idea is good, but the reality is too skinny.These people are too cowardly, and they have no blood at all.On December 16 of the second year of Chongzhen, Quan Xu looked in the direction of Beijing.On this day in history, the entire army of Mangui was annihilated and died on the battlefield.At the same time, Jeon Wook received information from the newly formed independent reconnaissance group."
Tell the whole master, it has been investigated, they were escorted to Hongshankou City!""
Hongshankou City?"
Quan Xu hurriedly called up the map of Hongshankou City and adjusted it to holographic image mode.Hongshankou City is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the north of the city is the majestic Great Wall.The pass is sandwiched between two mountains, forming a steep natural pass, the terrain is very dangerous, there is the trend of "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open".The east and west gates of the gate are northern, which is open, and the south gate is western.The city is about 400 steps long from east to west and 200 steps from north to south.The east, west and north sides are square, and the south wall is built along the foot of the mountain, not in a straight line.There are three battle platforms on the north city wall, which are located in the center and the east and west corners."
It's only sixty miles from us!"
Quan Xu ordered: "Let's go, the target is Hongshankou City!"
”With Quan Xu's order, the whole family army is not hiding their whereabouts, in fact, there is no way to hide at all, and this has reached the range of more than thirty miles under Zunhua City.There were Houjin cavalry, sentinels, and patrols everywhere.The first to engage in the battle was the cavalry regiment, don't look at the cavalry regiment of the whole family army in Liangxiang County was beaten by the Houjin cavalry, here, they directly gained the upper hand.This is mainly because although Huang Taiji left tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to defend the rear, the problem is that all the second-line corps left, and the real elite is only 800 people, stationed in Zunhua City.Quan Xu just wanted to tell Fan Wencheng: "Lao Tzu is here!"
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