"Reporting, Commander! The enemy commander has surrendered!"
"Already surrendered? Surrender now?"
Han Ling pursed his lips. Qin Shaoguan had surrendered at the wrong time.
If you don't surrender, you might be able to kill another general with your spear.
"Transport all the surrendered soldiers back to Guisui. He asked Yaski to send someone to educate these people. Also, let's get someone to try and see how many people we can recruit for our own use!”
Qin Shaoguan's 18,000 men hadn't all been killed by Han Ling.
This was because many soldiers of the Jinsui Army had chosen to surrender.
Whether it was the frontal assault outside the city or the street fighting inside the city, many soldiers of the Jinsui Army surrendered. This was also the reason why the Pingyuan Army could defeat Qin Shaoguan in such a short time.
Of Qin Shaoguan's 18,000 soldiers, more than 8,000 had surrendered.
The rest died in battle.
Of course, there were nearly three thousand soldiers of the Suijin Army in the city center, which meant that only six or seven thousand of the Suijin Army had truly died.
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"Haha! Datong is mine from today onwards!”
Han Ling stood at the foot of Da Tong City and looked at it. He couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.
Although his territory was not big now, there were quite a lot of resources in his territory.
Whether it was Baotou, Guisui, or Datong, these important cities were famous for their resources in the future.
As long as he had sufficient resources, Han Ling was confident that he could get a share of the spoils of war in the Central Plains.
"Let's enter the city! Order the entire army to not disturb the people after entering the city. Those who violate the order will be killed! At the same time, the various troops sent people to help the people repair their houses. In addition, they sent a message to Yasuqi in Gui Sui. Ask her to send a batch of white flour over."
The war lasted for a short time, only a day, but many houses were destroyed.
These were the places that Han Ling planned to build his foundation.
Naturally, they had to win the hearts of the people.
Whether it was getting the troops to help the people repair their houses or transporting white flour from Guisui to distribute to the people, it was all to win the hearts of the people.
Those who won the hearts of the people won the world! This sentence was not said randomly.
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Night began to fall in Datong City. At this moment, in Yan Baichuan's official residence in Taiyuan, Shanxi!
"What did you say? Within a day, the Pingyuan Army had taken out 18,000 of our regular soldiers?”
Yan Baichuan's eyes widened. He felt that the heavens were joking with him.
In a day's time, he had eaten 18,000 of his men and taken down Datong City. Could it be that the confidential personnel had lied about the military situation?
However, this ridiculous thought only flashed through his mind. He knew that these confidential personnel would never lie about military intelligence like this.
"Yes, I am! This was the last telegram that Commander Qin sent this evening!”
The confidential personnel handed the telegram to Yan Baichuan.
Yan Baichuan couldn't help but frown after reading the telegram.
The telegram said that the Pingyuan Army was very powerful. The soldiers on their side were unable to fight the Pingyuan Army.
Most importantly, he estimated that the Pingyuan Army had a heavy artillery regiment with dozens of heavy cannons.
"Where did this Pingyuan Army come from? Was Han Ling really just an American businessman?”
At this moment, Yan Baichuan began to suspect Han Ling's identity.
Was he really just an American businessman?
Was my previous analysis wrong?
"Where are the security reinforcements behind us?”
Yan Baichuan thought for a while and decided not to think about this problem anymore.
It was useless to think about that now. The key was to block Han Ling's attack.
"We're in Huairen County! He estimated that he would be able to reach Datong tomorrow morning!”
an advisor said.
"Huairen County? Tell them to stop advancing and retreat immediately! Retreat to Shanyin County and Ying County! Defend these two places and order Xing Ru's 44th Division to return to Shanyin County and lead the 20,000 security forces of Shanyin County and Ying County to destroy the Pingyuan Army!”
This time, Yan Baichuan was truly determined.
Xingru was Yang Aiyuan. The stars are his words.
The 44th division was an elite infantry division of the Jinsui Army.
The 44th Division had three infantry regiments, a field artillery regiment, an engineering battalion, and a logistics battalion. The entire division had a total of 14,000 soldiers.
They could be said to be the true elites under Yan Baichuan.
This time, Yan Baichuan had transferred the 44th Division back from the front line. It seemed like he was determined to deal with the Pingyuan Army.
The commander of the 44th division, Lu Yinglin, was known for his bravery and integrity.
If history continued to develop according to the original plan, Lu Yinglin would have committed suicide in the year 48.
But now! History would start to be rewritten from here.
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When Yan Baichuan ordered 20,000 security troops to defend Shanyin County and Ying County, Lu Yinglin's 44th Division was also retreating.
Han Ling once again began to fight.
May 29th, 1930.
After Han Ling stayed in Da Tong for a day, he continued to carry out the battle plan.
Han Ling's first target was Shanyin County.
Shanyin County and Ying County had very special geographical locations.
From Datong to Shuozhou, although there were many roads that could lead to it.
However, Han Ling had more than 40,000 troops under him. This was a huge army.
Other than that, there were also supplies and vehicles.
Therefore, Han Ling only had one path from Datong to Shuozhou.
From Datong to Shanyin County, and then to Shuozhou.
In other words, they had to go east.
Because the west side was completely mountainous.
It was very difficult to drive in the supply vehicles.
At this time, the traffic was not developed, so they could only take the relatively flat route of Shanyin County.
This was also the reason why Yan Baichuan wanted the security forces to defend Shanyin County and Ying County.
These two places could be said to be the northeastern gateway of Shuozhou. With the geographical location of these two counties, once the troops were stationed, they could form a horn.
However, the location of these two counties was very important. It could also be said to be the throat.
However, if they wanted to defend this place, they had to see who was guarding it.
It was obviously a mistake for Yan Baichuan to let the security forces guard these places.
But then again, if Yan Baichuan didn't use these troops, what else could he use?
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June 1st, 1930.
While Yan Baichuan and the others were fighting fiercely with the chairman, Han Ling had already led his troops to the city gates of Shanyin County.
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