Dege's idea is right. At this time, more troops must be added to support the Zhenglan Banner's infantry.
However, he overlooked one thing, that is, these remaining infantrymen under the Han banner were not the heavy armored infantry that had been beaten and almost wiped out. They were all light infantry wearing cotton armor.
Their physical fitness and fighting skills are very poor, and their equipment is also poor.
If they were proficient in using cold weapons, would they still give each of them a crude fire blunderbuss produced by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, but was embezzled by eunuchs and superior officials at all levels?
Of course, these people did not dare to flee in the face of the battle. After all, the two hundred horsemen and cavalrymen of the Dege Guard Army were supervising the battle from behind.
These people had no choice but to put down their broken magic guns, three-eyed blunderbuss and other firearms, drew out their waist knives one after another, and rushed forward with shouts and screams to rescue the Eight Banners men who had fallen into the formation and were in very bad shape.
While the infantry was already in a melee, Zhenglan Banner's cavalry also began to move towards the battlefield from the side. At this time, Yang Fan's cavalry also drove out of the chariot city and began to move towards each other opposite the enemy's cavalry.
Zhou Yuji was riding on a horse, surrounded by fifty of his soldiers.
Looking at the situation on the battlefield, he made a judgment immediately.
He needs to deal with these Zhenglan Banner's heavy armored infantry as soon as possible in order to defeat the enemy's infantry group. This will allow Master Yang to concentrate on dealing with Jiannu's 6,000 cavalry.
He was a native of Liaodong, and he knew clearly how terrifying the Jiannu cavalry was. The physical strength of these people was so strong that it was abnormal.
You can tell how strong these people are from the bows and arrows they use.
It is no exaggeration to say that Qing Gong is the pinnacle of ancient bows and arrows. There is no distinction between East and West. Qing Gong is the highest achievement of bows and arrows.
Maybe many people don't know much about bows and arrows. If they don't understand bows and arrows, they can't clearly explain the power of Qing Gong.
It is difficult to explain clearly why the Manchus who use such abnormal weapons are so difficult to deal with.
What is so great about them?
Generally, a bow is composed of several parts: bow tip, bow arm, bow handle, and string pad. Their functions are as follows:
The bow tip is a compound recurve bow, the two straight parts at the top and bottom of the bow body. They mainly play the role of hooking the bow string.
Usually, when you string a bow, you hang the bowstring on the bow tip. The bow tip is mostly made of hardwood, and animal horns are also used.
Single wooden bows generally do not have a bow tip. Just like the English longbow, the single bow has a simple arc shape after being strung.
What is the string pad? It is a small cubic piece on the bow tip. The bowstring is hung in the top grooves of the uppermost and lowermost bow tip. After the bowstring is hung, it is close to the bow tip.
But this doesn't work. Part of the bow string is close to the bow tip. When shooting an arrow, the bow string vibrates violently. This will cause the bow body to vibrate, making it impossible to aim the next arrow.
Therefore, a small square should be added to the bow tip to support the part of the bow string that is close to the bow string so that it does not fit the bow tip to avoid vibration of the bow tip.
The string pad is mainly used to reduce the vibration of the bow string during firing, making the bow more accurate. It also protects the bow string from being damaged by frequent collisions with the bow body.
Some types of composite bows do not have string pads, such as the Hungarian bow. The single wooden bow does not even have a bow tip, and of course there is no string pad.
The bow arm is the most important energy storage structure of the bow, which is the part that bends between the upper and lower ends of the bow.
Compound bows are made of wooden bodies and animal horns bonded with animal glue. Single wooden bows usually only use wood to make the entire bow body. Therefore, for two bows of the same length, a compound bow has a much better storage capacity than a single wooden bow.
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The bow grip is the place where the user's hand holds the bow. It is between the upper and lower bow arms, which is the middle position of the bow.
Its function is to provide support, and this part is usually the strongest part of the entire bow.
The bows of the ethnic minorities in Northeast China have their own characteristics historically, which are obviously different from the bows of various ethnic groups on the Mongolian Plateau and the Han Dynasty. That is the oversized bow tip.
Historically, the origin of Qing bow shape can be traced back to the large-tip recurve bows used by the Jurchens during the Liao and Jin Dynasties.
Because of its strong performance, from the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, this kind of large-tip recurve bow was a standard weapon equipped in large quantities by the armies of various dynasties. Especially among the northern frontier armies of the Ming Dynasty, in order to deal with the Mongolian cavalry bows, this kind of bow
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Li Chengliang was once Nurhaci’s military godfather.
In the eleventh year of Wanli (1583), Li Chengliang once again sent troops to attack Wang Gao's son Atai. Nurhaci's father, Takshi, was Wang Gao's grandson-in-law and worked as a lobbyist for Li Chengliang to persuade him to surrender. Unfortunately, he died in the war. Nurhaci and his brother Shuerhaqi
He was later adopted by Li Chengliang and served as a soldier in his army for three years.
Li Chengliang was a North Korean. In his later years, he had the ambition to go to North Korea to become king and establish a new Lee's North Korea.
At that time, he wanted to support the Jurchens as his mazai in seeking North Korea.
The princes of the imperial court are not fools, and not a single impeachment memorial is groundless.
That's why he did so many behaviors that are incomprehensible to us today and have the consequences of raising tigers.
Including giving up hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Kuandian to Nurhaci, sending servants to massacre the entire families of Han people who refused to move, etc. This is such appalling atrocities that we cannot understand.
In fact, there are many records in history that we cannot understand, and even weird things that happen every day in today's society. In the workplace, leaders make many weird behaviors that go against common sense. Even decisions that seem very ridiculous are all caused by various people behind the scenes.
These forces are the result of a game for their own benefit.
None of the participants in these games are fools.
Of course they are well aware of the absurdity and ridiculousness of these moves and decisions.
The reason why we look at it and find it ridiculous only means that we are outsiders. Those with low status are not even qualified to participate in the game.
If you knew the truth behind these things, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to laugh anymore.
Because Nurhaci was the adopted son of Li Chengliang, he had close contacts with the Liaodong border army and was deeply influenced by him.
By the time the Jurchens in Jianzhou rose, he had already become accustomed to this kind of bow and arrow.
In addition, the large-tip recurve bow was already popular in Liaodong, so the Jianzhou Jurchens, headed by Nurhaci, chose the large-tip recurve bow as their military standard bow.
After they adopted it, the Jianzhou Jurchens made a series of improvements in order to use this bow and arrow better and with less effort.
For example, making the bow tips at both ends larger and longer, and bending them in reverse direction, these improvements are all standard long bow tips with large reverse curl.
Through these improvements, under the influence of leverage, archers can draw a bow of greater weight with less pulling force.
In principle, a bow with this structure can improve the energy conversion rate when drawing the bow. This means that it is more labor-saving to draw the bow and the draw distance is increased.
Of course, these improvements also have side effects, which also make the Qing Gong's shooting posture (shooting posture) extremely ugly. You need to bend to one side to shoot the arrow. Whoever looks at it will scold you. This posture makes the Qing Gong's shooting speed slower. It saves effort.
, the firing rate must be slower, because the string pulling stroke is longer, and naturally it takes longer.
