There are many reasons, including the training gap between the two sides, the food gap, the military pay gap...
But the most important reason is the gap in armament between the two sides!
The Ming army, all of which were heavily armored, faced the Qing army's green battalions with only thin uniforms. The result can be imagined.
The Qing army's swords and spears were stabbed for a long time, but they couldn't break the Ming army's armor!
As for the Ming army, as long as they could hit, they would kill them one at a time.
Can the gap between the two sides not be too big?
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Zhu Hongyu looked at the battle situation at the top of Jiaxing City.
Some people can't believe that the Ming army can fight so smoothly!
He thought it would be difficult for the Ming army to attack Jiaxing City.
Unexpectedly, this was only the first charge of the Ming army, and someone rushed directly to the top of Jiaxing City and started a hand-to-hand fight with the Qing army.
Moreover, the Ming army was still suppressing the Qing army throughout the fight!
The reason why Zhu Hongyu had such thoughts was entirely because he played the role of a bystander in this battle.
As a bystander, he naturally could not feel how much pressure the Jiaxing defenders had to bear when faced with the heavy artillery firepower of the Ming army.
Watching helplessly as the walls were leveled by cannonballs, the city gate towers were reduced to ruins, and the living brother Pao Ze was reduced to pieces of broken limbs...
No one can fucking handle this kind of pressure!
After almost a day and night of heavy artillery attacks, the Qing army could muster the courage to fight the Ming army's heavily armored soldiers who had ascended the city.
Their quality can be considered quite good!
That's right, the Ming army officially launched the attack after shelling Jiaxing City for a full day and night!
Amidst the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the heavy armored infantry of the Ming army continued to break through the formation, tearing apart the Qing army's defense line.
Just as the fierce battle at the top of Jiaxing City intensified, a group of messengers came running from a distance.
"Report!"
"Urgent report!"
"The cavalry of the Qing army is attacking, and we are now less than thirty miles away from Jiaxing!"
"..."
The Ming army is storming Jiaxing City, and it can even be said that it is about to succeed and capture Jiaxing.
Zhu Hongyu received such an urgent report.
It is true that the large Qing army is still marching, but Tu Hai and Hong Chengchou sent cavalry troops to rescue Jiaxing.
At this time, the Qing army's cavalry reinforcements were less than thirty miles away from Jiaxing City!
This distance sounds long, but to the cavalry, it can be reached in the blink of an eye.
However, Zhu Hongyu did not panic and responded quickly.
Orders were given to Zhang Meng, who commanded the Ming Army's cavalry division, to prepare and lead troops to fight against the Qing Army's cavalry.
After Zhang Meng received the order, he quickly rectified his troops and led his cavalry to roar out and attack the Qing cavalry.
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The offensive and defensive battle in Jiaxing continued. The Ming army used heavy artillery and heavy armor to knock off Jiaxing's turtle shell bit by bit.
It is becoming more and more difficult for the defenders in Jiaxing City to support them!
As the fighting became more intense, the defenders in Jiaxing City gradually became unable to withstand the pressure brought by the Ming army and chose to surrender to the Ming army.
What's more, they might even defect before the battle begins!
At the same time, thirty miles north of Jiaxing City, the cavalry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were also fighting.
The cavalry of the Qing army was marching towards Jiaxing. Groups of elite cavalry soldiers came in armor. The sabers on their waists and the bows and arrows on their horses all showed their eliteness.
But at this moment, the Ming army's cavalry roared into the battlefield.
The horses' hooves trampled the ground, making bursts of roars, and a large area of dazzling red armor appeared at the end of the ground.
"kill!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
The cavalry of the Ming army came roaring and shouting slogans.
Straight into the battlefield!
In an instant, the fighting between the two sides began.
On the wide field, two cavalrymen galloped towards each other, with the sound of bowstrings trembling continuously.
The Qing cavalry kept throwing arrows at the Ming army!
The Ming army's counterattack was also powerful. The rifled guns were fired continuously. The battlefield was filled with gunfire and gunfire.
One lead bullet after another, harvesting lives with extreme accuracy!
The cavalry from both sides passed each other, and after a round of shooting, each other suffered casualties.
Then, the cavalry from both sides turned their horses and rushed towards each other.
The cavalry once again staggered past, arrows were flying, and lead bullets were flying across the battlefield. Apart from the roar of horse hooves, the sound of bowstrings and muskets was the most obvious on the battlefield.
During this process, people on both sides were constantly being hit by arrows or lead bullets and falling off their horses.
Then, amid the mighty sound of thousands of horses galloping, it turned into puddles of meat.
"kill!"
"Kill the prisoners!"
"Ping thief! Kill the Ming thief!"
"..."
As the battle situation evolved, finally, the cavalry on both sides was no longer just riding and shooting.
Instead, hedging started!
Thousands of horses galloped on the battlefield, and the Ming army's cavalry fought in a very organized manner.
The array was quickly adjusted, changing from a mounted shooting array to a charging array.
Under the command of the flag, the Ming army quickly formed a wall cavalry charge formation.
The famous cavalrymen lined up side by side, with people squeezing each other and horses squeezing horses. They couldn't even turn around.
The heads of the spears with cold light pointed straight ahead, forming a forest of spears.
The Ming army cavalry charged forward, like a wall charging forward, a wall with steel spikes coming across.
Countless horses' hooves trampled the ground almost at the same time, making a roaring sound as the ground was trampled.
That kind of vibration feels like God is showing his power!
"kill!"
Amidst roars of killing, the cavalry from both sides collided.
The momentary scene was as spectacular as thunder stirring up fire and sparks hitting the earth...and tragic!
In the fierce cavalry charge, countless people and horses were crushed into powder, blood was sprayed out, and flesh and blood were scattered everywhere in the impact.
In such a big scene, it can be said that the role of personal force is almost non-existent.
The cavalry on both sides fought fiercely and clashed, and each life disappeared without even making the slightest splash.
The battle situation at this time was different from the evenly matched battle between cavalry and archery just now, and the Ming army was slightly at a disadvantage.
Instead, the Qing army was completely suppressed!
The hedging had just begun, and the Qing army was suppressed!
The traditional flying geese formation of the Qing court was completely defeated by the wall-style cavalry charge of the Ming army.
Countless Qing cavalry fell from their horses in the collision and were pierced by countless spears.
Because the Ming army's wall-mounted cavalry charge array was too dense,
The strength of the Ming army's cavalry on the front line of battle far exceeded that of the Qing army.
When the two sides collided, it even reached the point where one Qing cavalry had to deal with the attacks of several Ming cavalry at the same time.
No matter how powerful the Qing cavalry was in mounted shooting, and no matter how powerful their horse skills and tactics were, they could withstand a spear's assassination and even kill the enemy.
It is impossible to block the stabs of three, five, or even more spears!
The result of the hedging came out. The Ming army's cavalry roared past, plowing a big hole in the Qing army's cavalry array.
The cavalrymen were a little stunned and could not react to the battle situation in front of them.
When the Qing cavalry suddenly saw this scene, their faces were filled with expressions of disbelief.
Riding on horseback, looking back at the battlefield behind him where corpses littered the field, but most of them were his own corpses, he spoke in a dry voice filled with disbelief.
"This...this is impossible!"
"How can the Ming thief's cavalry be so strong?"
"It shouldn't be like this when the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry of the Qing Dynasty faced the cavalry of the Ming thieves!"
In a confrontation between the two sides, the casualties of the Qing army's cavalry were almost three to four times that of the Ming army's cavalry.