Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 113 Zhenghongqi Tong Mengchun
He felt that what Han Guang said meant that the Eight Banners Army was not good enough.

He, Hauge, has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and he is also assisted by the green battalion and Xiangyong. How could he not be able to defeat a small Han emperor.

Hauge thought that before he entered the customs, when he fought with Huang Taiji and Nurhachi, he did not win more with less, slaughtered the Han army like pigs, and frightened the Han emperor in the capital.

His parents could do it, so naturally Hauge could do it too.

"I made a mistake. Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me." Han Guang was so frightened by Haoge that he trembled all over and crawled on the ground and said.

But after calming down and thinking about it, Hauge felt that it would be really difficult for him to capture or kill Zhu Cixiang.

Firstly, he was ordered by Dorgon to station in the area of ​​Huaiqing to provide logistical help to Duoduo in front. Secondly, their Eight Banners are not good at water warfare, or they don’t know how to fight in water at all. They want to defeat the Ming army on the Yellow River. Nor was he sure.

But everything depends on people. If he doesn't give it a try, Hauge feels that he is sorry for such a good opportunity, and even more sorry for Han Guang, a good dog who tipped off the information.

"Where is Tong Mengchun?"

As soon as Hauge finished speaking, he saw a burly and strong man coming out of the line.

"The final general is here." The man wearing a red helmet and red armor is the real Tong Mengchun with the red flag on his forehead.

"I order you to bring four Jiala Eight Banners Army, and two more generals from the Green Battalion, with 21 brave men, to reach the other side of Lankao on the Yellow River on September [-]. You must kill or capture the Han emperor."

Hauge decided to give it a go. He couldn't leave Huaiqing if he was in town, and the kings would know when he left, so he had to send his generals to go.

Tong Mengchun was a Manchu nobleman, born in the Tong Jia family, and he was in the same family as Tong Yangxing and Tong Yangjia in the Nurhachi period. Therefore, he was able to become a real high-ranking member at the age of less than 30, and he was even more highly regarded by Hauge.

"I don't need a guide, so let Han Guang be a member of my tent." Tong Mengchun asked Hauge in mite language.

"Sure." He is just a Han, like wheat in the field, it will grow after cutting, Hauge doesn't care.

"My lord, I'm a civil servant, so I can't lead troops to fight." When Han Guang heard that Tong Mengchun wanted to go to the battlefield by himself, he was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

"Stop talking nonsense, you can ride a horse and have a sword in your waist, then you can go to the battlefield to fight." This time Tong Mengchun did not use mite language, but talked with Han Guang in Chinese.

And while talking, he pulled Han Guang out of the account, September 21st is not far away, and Tong Mengchun is about to prepare for the expedition now.

"Your Excellency, how can you speak Chinese? Could it be that you are the Han Army Banner?" Han Guang couldn't figure out how Tong Mengchun could speak Chinese, and thought he was the Han Army Banner, otherwise how could he be wearing this padded armor.

At this moment, Han Guang had the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. How difficult it was to meet a Han general in the sinister Qing army camp.

"Hanjunqi, your grandma is a bear."

"The eight generations of my ancestors are all Manchurians, but my Tong family has always been familiar with Han people and can speak Chinese." Tong Mengchun heard Han Guang say that he was Han, and immediately punched him in the head.

In fact, Tong Mengchun's grandfather was Tong Yangxing who made great contributions to Nurhachi. Their Tong family used to do business in Fushun, and they were Jurchens with a high degree of Sinicization. There was no Manchurian saying at that time.

Later, Tong Yangxing took refuge in Nurhachi before he made a fortune, and traveled all over the world for him. Since then, Tong Jia's family has become a famous family in Miqing, and their Tong Jia's and Aixinjueluo's families also have many in-laws.

Speaking of which, Tong Mengchun and Fulin could still have a blood relationship, but among the Manchurians who valued military exploits, no one would take the initiative to claim this level of nepotism.

"I appointed you as a general and asked you to lead a battalion of soldiers and horses. When the time comes, you are not allowed to back down on the battlefield, otherwise your head will be cut off without discussion."

Seeing Tong Mengchun's vicious look, Han Guangcai abandoned the unrealistic thoughts in his heart. Before, he thought that Tong Mengchun would give him a high-level look and treat him well because of his high degree of Sinicization.

No matter how highly sinicized the Manchus are, they will always be Manchus, and their brutal nature cannot be changed.

After staying in Huaiqing for a few days and getting acquainted with his battalion of 500 troops, Han Guang followed Tong Mengchun to the expedition with a feeling of uneasiness.

Walking on the wide tidal flats on the bank of the Yellow River, Han Guang looked back at the disheveled soldiers behind him, holding spears with rotten poles.

He was worried, and made a wish to the Buddha in his heart, and the Buddha blesses him, never let General Tong order me to go to the battlefield, and never let me save my life.

I haven't worked as a parent officer in a place, and I haven't enjoyed a life of extravagance. I can't die so easily.

It's a pity that he is afraid of everything. The more Han Guang is afraid of Tong Mengchun, the more Tong Mengchun wants to find him.

"Han Guang, the counselor wants you to take people to see him immediately." A red flag messenger came to Han Guang on horseback and said to him arrogantly.

Han Guang is in charge of five hundred soldiers, and he is also a general. He has more troops than a single commander of the Eight Banners. He can be regarded as a mid-level officer, but there is no orderly soldier who is not even the lowest-level officer. Respect Han Guang's meaning.

The tone of the speech was as if the parents were scolding their children.

"Now? What does Master Tong want from me?" Han Guang asked a lot.

He thought that the Eight Banners soldier would reprimand him at most, but he didn't expect the proud Eight Banners soldier to come up and give him a whip.

It's no wonder that the relationship between the Eight Banners and these Han troops is like that between a master and a dog. No matter how high Han Guang's status is, he is still just a high-ranking dog. How could he be looked down upon by the Eight Banners?

"If you talk too much, I'll kill you." Zhenghongqi's messenger showed a fierce look on his face, and Han Guang almost fell off his horse in fright.

Han Guang didn't dare to hesitate any longer, he was afraid that he would make these Lords of the Eight Banners unhappy, so he just drew a knife and killed himself.

When Tong Mengchun saw Han Guang, he didn't even give him time to drink a cup of tea to catch his breath, so he gave him an order, "Han Guang, the border of Kaifeng is just ahead, and I ordered you to move to the front of the team and form a large army." forerunner."

"What, I'll lead people to the front of the line."

"This is impossible, my lord. I don't know how to fight. If I encounter an enemy, I will die."

"Besides, as a guide, you can just find someone to do it. I'll grab a few mud legs for you to be a guide. Do you think it's okay?"

In line with the idea that a dead fellow Taoist would not die a poor one, Han Guang wanted to go to a nearby village to catch a few people to serve as guides to lead the way. Anyway, they were ordinary people, and Han Guang never regarded these ordinary people as human beings.

(End of this chapter)